Ervin, Charles, Associate Director for Policy and Program Development,
ACTION

Magnuson, Hon. Warren G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Washington_

STATEMENTS

Chisolm, Julian J., Jr., M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., accompanied by
Mrs. Louise Burton and Mrs. Emma Haskins__

Prepared statement..

Duval, Merlin K., M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, accompanied by Robert E. Novick, Director, Bureau of Community Environment Management Health Services and Mental Health Administration, HEW; Peter Hutt, Assistant General Counsel, Food and Drug Administration, HEW; Roger Challop, M.D., staff pediatrician, Bureau of Community Environmental Management Health Services and Mental Health Administration, HEW

Prepared statement...

Ervin, Charles, Associate Director for Policy and Program Development,
ACTION

Finger, Harold B., Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development__

Fuges, Fred, supervisor of social service, Kings County Medical Center,
Brooklyn, N.Y., accompanied by Miss Elizabeth Johnson and Mrs. Bessie
Goodwin, Parents Lead Action Group---

Prepared statement_.

Greenfield, Stanley M., Dr., Environmental Protection Agency, accompanied by Dr. Vaun Newill, special assistant for Health Effects, Office of Research and Monitoring, EPA; and Dr. Kenneth Bridbord, assistant to Dr. Newill___

Guinee, Vincent F., M.D., director, Bureau of Lead-Poisoning Control, De-
partment of Health, New York City Health Services Administration____
Haley, Daniel J., president, Finnaren & Haley, Inc., Philadelphia, March 9,
1972, with enclosure__

Hart, Hon. William, mayor, East Orange, N.J., accompanied by David
Burns, health officer...

Javits, Hon. Jacob J., a U.S. Senator in Congress from the State of New
York

Kennedy, Hon Edward M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts,
on S. 3080, amendment to Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act___
Prepared statement_-_.

Larsen, Elmer C., vice president, and general manager, Coatings & Resins
Division, PPG Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., March 9, 1972-
Magnuson, Hon. Warren G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Washington__
Robinson, Philip E., executive vice president, Lead Industries Association,
accompanied by Dr. Jerome F. Cole, director, Environmental Health,
LIA, and Jerome F. Smith, secretary and manager, LIA..
Roland, Robert A., executive vice president, National Paint & Coatings
Association; accompanied by John M. Montgomery, general counsel;
Royal A. Brown, technical director, National Paint & Coatings Asso-
ciation; William E. Hood, chairman of board, Industrial Coatings, Inc.;
Ralph Levine, technical director, Paint Division, N. L. Industries, Inc.,
(Dutch Boy Paints); John DeGregory, president, Standard Brands
Paints Co.; Daniel J. Haley, president, Finnanen & Haley, Inc., and
E. C. Larsen, vice president and general manager, PPG Industries, Inc.,
a panel from the paint industry---

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Ryan, Hon. William F., a Representative in Congress from the State of New
York

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Prepared statement__

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Schweiker, Hon. Richard S., a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania

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Prepared statement_-_.

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Singleton, Veronica, Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization_-
Stein, Jonathan, Community Legal Services, Philadelphia____.

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Articles, publications, etc. :
"A Control Strategy for Lead in Paint," an in-house technical report,
by K. Bridbord, C. Shy, D. Hammer, H. Goldberg, V. Newell, and W.
Nelson, Division, Health Effects Research, Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, North Carolina, January 18, 1972-
Committee members on the Department of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare Intradepartmental Committee for implementing the Lead-Based
Paint Poisoning Prevention Act (Public Law 91-695) –
"Lead Poisoning in Children," reprinted for distribution with the bul-
letin, "Facts About Lead and Pediatrics," Lead Industrites Asoscia-
tion, Inc., Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., by Jane S. Lin-Fu, M.D.,
F.A.A.P., pediatric consultant, U.S. Department of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare__

"Maximum Daily Intake of Lead Without Excessive Body Lead-Bur-
den in Children," reprinted from the American Journal of Diseases
of Children, October 1971, vol. 122, by Barry G. King, Ph. D.,
Cincinnati

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"The Silent Killer," a proposal for production of a half-hour documentary on childhood lead poisoning, by the Parents Lead Action Group, Brooklyn, N.Y..

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Communications to:

Barrett, Hon. William A., a U.S. Congressman from the State of Penn-
sylvania, from: Hollis S. Ingraham, M.D., commissioner of health,
Department of Health, State of New York, March 17, 1972_-_-
Beall, Hon. J. Glenn, Jr., a U.S. Senator in Congress from the State of
Maryland, from:

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Davis, Braith H., chairman of the board, Conchemco, Inc., Balti-
more, Md., March 1, 1972___

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Feinberg, Harry, president, Duron Paint Manufacturing Co., Inc.,
March 3, 1973_-

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Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., a U.S. Senator in Congress from the State of Massachusetts, from:

Baldwin, Colin E., chairman of the board, the Sherman-Williams
Co., Cleveland, Ohio, March 2, 1972----

Cahn, Camper Jean, director, Urban Law Institute of Antioch
College, Washington, D.C., March 3, 1973, with enclosure_.
Finger, Harold B., Assistant Secretary, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, March 14, 1972_.

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Heckert, R. E., vice president and general manager, E. I. du Pont
de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., March 2, 1972_
Howard, Ernest B., M.D., executive vice president, American
Medical Association, Chicago, Ill., March 23, 1972___
Paris, Ned F., president, National Association of Blue Shield
Plans, Chicago, Ill., March 13, 1972__.

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Magnuson, Hon. Warren G., a U.S. Senator in Congress from the State of Washington, from:

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Martin, George, vice president, Parker Paint Manufacturing Co.,
Inc., Tacoma, Wash., March 23, 1972__-

Cowman, E. A., president-board member NP&CA, Cowman-Camp-
bell Paint Co., April 4, 1972__

McGrath, Dennis J., M.D., assistant for medical review, Division of
Chemical Hazards, Bureau of Product Safety, Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare, from: Carlos B. Zilveti, M.D., M.P.H.,
director, maternal and child health, Department of Health, New
Haven, Conn., with enclosures, February 11, 1972___.
Packwood, Hon. Robert, a U.S. Senator in Congress from the State
of Oregon, from: William L. Stafford, purchasing manager, Glidden-
Durkee Division of SCM, Portland, Oreg., March 2, 1972__-
Parker, Carey, legislative assistant to Senator Edward M. Kennedy,
from: James C. Bryant, Jr., manager of public relations, Glidden-
Durkee Division of SCM Corp., Cleveland, Ohio, March 3, 1972____
Pell, Hon. Claiborne, a U.S. Senator in Congress from the State of
Rhode Island, from: Harry J. Main, president, M & M Paint Manu-
facturing Co. Pawtucket, R.I., March 2, 1972_

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Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, U.S. Senate, from:
Wesley P. Pollitt, vice president-secretary, Sapolin Paints, Inc.,
New York, N.Y., March 7, 1972---

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Illustrations:

Photo No. 1-Patient: Dawn D. Companion window to that on
photograph No. 2---.

Photo No. 2-Patient: Dawn D. Photograph taken December 8, 1970.
Health Department stated repairs complete December 20, 1970__-
Photo No. 3-Patient: Anthony D. Photograph taken January 18, 1972.
Health Department stated that repairs had been made November 18,
1971

Photo No. 4-Patient: Anthony D. Photograph taken January 18, 1972.
Health Department stated repairs had been made November 18,
1972

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Photo No. 5-Patient: Anthony D. Sibling's bedroom. Assumed no lead found. Photograph taken January 18, 1972___.

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Selected tables:

Estimated current average direct medical costs to 45 children, based on 1970 basic hospital rates in Baltimore, Md__.

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Table PHS research grants, active in fiscal year 1971, related to lead poisoning

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Results of analysis for lead in paint NBS—preliminary survey.

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LEAD BASED PAINT POISONING AMENDMENTS OF 1972

MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1972

U.S. SENATE,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH OF THE

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 4200, New Senate Office Building, Senator Edward M. Kennedy (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Senators Kennedy, Hughes, Dominick, and Schweiker. Staff members present: LeRoy G. Goldman, professional staff member, and Jay B. Cutler, minority counsel.

Senator KENNEDY. The subcommittee will come to order.

I am pleased to open hearings by the Subcommittee on Health this morning, on the amendment to the Lead Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act.

The bill before the committee, S. 3080, was introduced on January 26, 1972, and has received the support of 31 Senators-eight Republicans and 23 Democrats.

The bill's principal purpose is to authorize the continuation of federally supported lead based paint poisoning programs that were initiated with the enactment of Public Law 91-695, in January 1971.

Similar legislation for the continuation of these programs has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman William Ryan of New York. In addition, I understand that Congressman William Barrett, chairman of the Housing Subcommittee in the House of Representatives, is also developing legislation for continuing the Federal support of lead based paint poisoning programs.

I am deeply concerned about the need to provide support in the battle against this tragic disease. Lead based paint poisoning strikes thousands of American children each year, primarily because our society has refused to take the steps needed to end the damage caused by this hazard.

The bill before the committee authorizes $50 million for a Federal attack on this problem.

The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized $45 million for screening, testing, and education programs. And the Department of Housing and Urban Development is authorized $5 million for continuing to research and develop the most efficient and effective procedures for covering up exposed surfaces in residences that have been covered with lead based paint.

A second and vitally critical aspect of the legislation is to seek protection against lead based paint poisoning for future generations of American children.

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The amendment to the Lead Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act that I introduced last January strictly limits the allowable amounts of lead contained in paints used on interior residential surfaces and on those exterior surfaces readily accessible to children. Under current law, such paints may not contain more than 1 percent lead by weight. The pending bill requires manufacturers of those paints to limit the lead content to no more than 0.06 percent lead by weight.

It is hoped that the new limit will begin to insure the removal of the hazards of lead paint poisoning from the list of maladies that threaten the Nation's 11 million pre-school-age children.

The third feature of my bill authorizes State health agencies to operate centralized laboratory facilities to analyze and detect lead in samples of paint and in samples of blood drawn from suspected victims.

At this point I order a copy of S. 3080 and the public law establishing this program printed in the record.

(A copy of S. 3080 and Public Law 91-695 follows:)