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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>If you've been shopping for holiday lights this season, you may
have noticed a warning label on some of them stating that they may contain
lead.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>The warning is required by the State of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>'s Proposition 65. This law
requires a warning label on any product containing a substance known to cause
cancer or birth defects that is sold in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>.
Lead is listed as a carcinogen, but it's more widely associated with
neurological damage. </span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'>The labels began appearing on holiday lights, as well as on electronic
equipment and cords on other consumer products such as hairdryers, after a
number of lawsuits were filed by an environmental advocacy organization in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>.<font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>

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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>More information can be found at Children&#8217;s Health
Environmental Coalition <a
href="http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/education/articles-detail.asp?Main_ID=700">http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/education/articles-detail.asp?Main_ID=700</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font
 size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Glen Perrigan</span></font></st1:PersonName><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Florida Department of Environmental
Protection<br>
Hazardous Waste Management Section<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">2600 Blair Stone Road</st1:address></st1:Street>&nbsp;
MS-4555<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Tallahassee</st1:City>, <st1:State
 w:st="on">Florida</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">32399-2400</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
850-245-8749 Fax:&nbsp; 850-412-0528<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:glen.perrigan@dep.state.fl.us">glen.perrigan@dep.state.fl.us</a>&nbsp;
Website: <a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste">www.dep.state.fl.us/waste</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Please Note:&nbsp; <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State>
has a very broad public records law.&nbsp; Most written communications to or
from state officials regarding state business are public records available to
the public and media upon request.&nbsp; Your e-mail is communications and may
therefore be subject to public disclosure.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font><font size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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