[CPEO-BIF] New Jersey schools/day care legislation

[Lenny Siegel]

Assembly committee OKs tighter rules for toxic sites
Bill inspired by case of mercury contamination at day care center.

BY MARTIN C. BRICKETTO
The Express-Times (PA/NJ)
October 24, 2006

TRENTON | New environmental regulations prompted by a South Jersey day 
care center that was allowed to occupy the contaminated site of a former 
thermometer factory began chugging through the state legislature Monday.

The process was driven by an acknowledgment that government failed to 
protect children from exposure to mercury at the Kiddie Kollege in 
Gloucester County.

"This was a catastrophic failure of checks and balances at all levels of 
government," said Assemblyman David Mayer, D-Gloucester Township. 
"Through this legislation, we want to close any loopholes, tighten it up 
and make sure this never happens again."

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http://www.nj.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-3/1161662835268400.xml


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Bill to require toxic tests at day-care sites gains ground
Tuesday, October 24, 2006

By ALEX NUSSBAUM
Bergen Record (NJ)
October 24, 2006

Six months after the state found children playing at a mercury-laced 
day-care center in South Jersey, legislators are moving to order 
pollution tests at schools and child-care centers across New Jersey.

A bill to require the testing and block construction of centers on 
contaminated sites advanced in the state Legislature on Monday, picking 
up bipartisan support and the endorsement of the Corzine administration.

"Today, we take steps to assure this situation never occurs again," said 
Assemblyman David Mayer, a Democrat whose district includes the 
Gloucester County day-care center allowed to operate for two years in an 
old thermometer factory.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MTAmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcwMDk1ODkmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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