WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan issued the following press release:
Following a bipartisan push from U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Todd Young (R-IN), major lab testing companies are taking steps to help parents reduce their children's exposure to toxic lead. Young children who are exposed to lead can develop long-lasting cognitive impairments.
In November, Senators Hassan and Young wrote to Quest and Labcorp, the nation's two largest lab testing companies, urging the companies to clearly state when providing children's lead blood test results that there is no safe level of lead in a child's blood. Both companies are now implementing this change, helping parents act to reduce their children's toxic lead exposure when blo...