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Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Obama-Waxman report finds dangerous lead levels in Capitol Hill gifts
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Some jewelry and inexpensive children's gifts sold in U.S. Capitol gift shops consist of dangerous levels of lead, according to a new report released by Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, and Rep. Henry Waxman, D-California.

The study, conducted by the Democratic staff of the House Government Reform Committee's Special Investigations Division, found that seven of thirteen items screened contained dangerously high levels of lead.

"As a parent of two young children, it's frightening to think that a toy or memento like the ones sold in the Capitol gift shops could unknowingly expose my daughters to toxic lead," Obama said in a statement.

Obama and Waxman have introduced legislation that requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban lead in children's products.

-- CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
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