[Senate Hearing 111-1250]
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                                                       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 
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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
    
 
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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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