[Senate Hearing 111-1250]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
S. Hrg. 111-1250
TOXIC CHEMICALS AND CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
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FIELD HEARING
BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON SUPERFUND,
TOXICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
of the
COMMITTEE ON
ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
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OCTOBER 26, 2010--NEWARK, NJ
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COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
BARBARA BOXER, California, Chairman
MAX BAUCUS, Montana JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma
THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio
FRANK R. LAUTENBERG, New Jersey DAVID VITTER, Louisiana
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming
BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont MIKE CRAPO, Idaho
AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island LAMAR ALEXANDER, Tennessee
TOM UDALL, New Mexico
JEFF MERKLEY, Oregon
KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, New York
ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania
Bettina Poirier, Staff Director
Ruth Van Mark, Minority Staff Director
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Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health
FRANK R. LAUTENBERG, New Jersey, Chairman
MAX BAUCUS, Montana JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma
AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota MIKE CRAPO, Idaho
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri
KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, New York
ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania
BARBARA BOXER, California (ex
officio)
C O N T E N T S
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OCTOBER 26, 2010
OPENING STATEMENT
Lautenberg, Hon. Frank R., U.S. Senator from the State of New
Jersey......................................................... 2
WITNESSES
Jackson, Hon. Lisa, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency......................................................... 11
Prepared statement........................................... 19
Responses to additional questions from:
Senator Boxer............................................ 28
Senator Inhofe........................................... 30
Gupta, Sanjay, M.D., Chief Medical Correspondent, Cable News
Network (CNN).................................................. 47
Prepared statement........................................... 56
Huguenin, Lisa, Ph.D., New Jersey mother of child with autism and
an immune system disorder...................................... 55
Prepared statement........................................... 64
Marcus, Steven, M.D., Executive and Medical Director, New Jersey
Poison Information and Education System; Professor, Department
of Preventative Medicine and Community Health, and Associate
Professor of Pediatrics, New Jersey Medical School of the
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey............. 66
Prepared statement........................................... 71
Responses to additional questions from Senator Inhofe........ 75
Perera, Frederica, DrPH, Director, Columbia Center for Children's
Environmental Health; Professor of Public Health, Department of
Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman
School of Public Health........................................ 79
Prepared statement........................................... 87
Responses to additional questions from Senator Inhofe........ 92
TOXIC CHEMICALS AND CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2010
U.S. Senate,
Committee on Environment and Public Works,
Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics
and Environmental Health,
Newark, NJ.
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