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Frank Lautenberg: It strikes me that this menace has existed for so many years now, and the result of the impairing a child's ability to…

On the recordJuly 11, 2012
It strikes me that this menace has existed for so many years now, and the result of the impairing a child's ability to learn, to study, is part of a national catastrophe.
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Frank Lautenberg
Democratic · New Jersey

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Lautenberg highlights the long-term impact of lead exposure on children's learning abilities.

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