One of 25 Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is a component of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the NIEHS received $1 million from the American Chemistry Council as part of a $4 million Memorandum of Understanding between the NIEHS and ACC to provide research grants “to expand knowledge about the potential effects of chemicals on [human] development.” (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/news/accmou.htm; accessed 9/24/02)