WASHINGTON–Four companies in Mississippi and seven in Texas X-rayed citizens in their states for potential silicosis without being licensed to do so, according to witnesses appearing before a House subcommittee.

The testimony came during a hearing titled “The Silicosis Story: Mass Tort Screening and the Public Health,” being conducted by the Oversight Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Giving testimony were officials of the Departments of Health of Mississippi and Texas, in the third hearing on the issue conducted by the panel and its chairman, Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky.

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