Transcript: SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS CHAIRS FILED HEARING ON DANGERS OF CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING

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For Immediate Release November 15, 1999

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS CHAIRS FIELD HEARING ON DANGERS OF CHILDHOOD LEAD POLSONTNG

Heaping on "Childhood Lead Poisoning.- Older Homes, Silent Hazard" brings Collins and Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed to Lewiston

LEWISTON, ME - Senator Susan Collins today chaired a field hearing of the Public Health Subcommittee of the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on the subject of childhood lead poisoning. The hearing, Childhood Lead Poisoning: Older Homes, Silent Hazard, held in Lewiston City Counsel chambers, was convened by Senator Collins to examine the dangers and prevalence of ...

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