Ervin, Charles, Associate Director for Policy and Program Development, 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 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, Finger, Harold B., Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, De- Fuges, Fred, supervisor of social service, Kings County Medical Center, 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- Hart, Hon. William, mayor, East Orange, N.J., accompanied by David Javits, Hon. Jacob J., a U.S. Senator in Congress from the State of New Kennedy, Hon Edward M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts, Larsen, Elmer C., vice president, and general manager, Coatings & Resins Page 281 284 44 47 234 28 281 13 218 221 265 210 203 103 12 113 8-231 198 284 58 132 Ryan, Hon. William F., a Representative in Congress from the State of New 117 Prepared statement__ 122 Schweiker, Hon. Richard S., a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania 11 Prepared statement_-_. 11 Singleton, Veronica, Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization_- 214 216 Articles, publications, etc. : "Maximum Daily Intake of Lead Without Excessive Body Lead-Bur- Page 268 241 60 251 "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.. 324 Communications to: Barrett, Hon. William A., a U.S. Congressman from the State of Penn- 317 Davis, Braith H., chairman of the board, Conchemco, Inc., Balti- 158 Feinberg, Harry, president, Duron Paint Manufacturing Co., Inc., 156 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 Cahn, Camper Jean, director, Urban Law Institute of Antioch 292 295 25 Heckert, R. E., vice president and general manager, E. I. du Pont 287 322 316 Magnuson, Hon. Warren G., a U.S. Senator in Congress from the State of Washington, from: 321 Martin, George, vice president, Parker Paint Manufacturing Co., Cowman, E. A., president-board member NP&CA, Cowman-Camp- McGrath, Dennis J., M.D., assistant for medical review, Division of 320 162 290 293 153 Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, U.S. Senate, from: 308 Illustrations: Photo No. 1-Patient: Dawn D. Companion window to that on Photo No. 2-Patient: Dawn D. Photograph taken December 8, 1970. Photo No. 4-Patient: Anthony D. Photograph taken January 18, 1972. Page 380 381 382 383 Photo No. 5-Patient: Anthony D. Sibling's bedroom. Assumed no lead found. Photograph taken January 18, 1972___. 384 Selected tables: Estimated current average direct medical costs to 45 children, based on 1970 basic hospital rates in Baltimore, Md__. 50 Table PHS research grants, active in fiscal year 1971, related to lead poisoning 245 Results of analysis for lead in paint NBS—preliminary survey. 29 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. (1) 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:) |