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Show ee rae OE Ee TE SO a AIO Thursday, February 23, 2006 RL.juryfindsformermakersofleadpaintible DAILY Panel recommends flu shots for,kids H ERALD Eric Tucker the only source of lead exposure, and the thatstate did not provea clear link between the lead pigment they made and children who were poisoned by lead in Rhode Island. Former Rhode Island Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse, who brought the lawsuit in 1999 and is now running for THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mike Stobbe THE ASSOCIATED PRESS R.I.— Three ATLANTA —Children ages 2to5 should get flu shots, an advisory panel said Wednesday, widening the group of Americans urged to seek protection from virus that kills thousands in this country each year. The recommendation, which covers 5.3 million peeUS. srroredty tisAbra) Committee on Immunization approve the A Practices. The panel’s advice is routinely adopted by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which issues vaccipationgu guidelines to doctors and hospitals. 7Flu shots are already recommended forchildren ages 6 imonths to 23 months, pregnant and people ofall ages with chronic health conditions,along with a few other groups. “The new recommendation was cheered by Alissa Kanowitz of New York City, the motherofa 4-year-old girl who died from the flu in 2004. “It's too late for us to do anything for Amanda now. But hopefully. this will help other children,” said Kanowitz,37, memberof a groupcalled Families Fighting Flu who spoke to the committee before the vote. The panelalso considered encouraging all Americans to routinely get flu shots. However, committee members narrowly defeated the proposal, saying morestudy and planning are needed. Research data shows the flu virus can put children with certain risky health conditions at graverisk of death or hos- recommendations,in that the panel is focusing not only on how vaccination helps individuals, but also how it helps society byblocking the spreadof infectious disease, said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University preventive medicine expert. Immunizing children against hepatitis A and otherinfectious diseases has led to fewer illnesses in the children’s parents andgrandparents,he noted. “The kids were giving the hepatitis A virus to mom, dad andUncle Tom.Andso if they didn’t get the disease, the parents wereprotected,” explained Schaffner, a board member for the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. The foundation gets money from a vaccine manufacturer, Sanofi Pasteur. Families Figitting Flu gets funding from another vaccine manufacturer, MedimmuneInc. About 180 million Americans arein population groups currently recommended to receiveflu vaccinations, and yet manufacturers are expecting to throw away someofthe 100 million doses produced for this currentflu season. CELEBRATIONS Baird, 80th The children of Sarah Orton Bairdinvite youto a celebration of her 80th birthday. Thoughshe resisted the idea of focusing attention onher, she loves spending time with family andfriends. We suspect thatif the people she loves most are gathered in oneplace, she will - up. Friends, family and loved ones (thatis just about everyone)are Peterson, 100th An OpenHousewill be held in honorof Ruth B. Peterson (Stephenson) on February 28, 2006 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Mellor's Hidden MeadowsReception Center, 877 NorthFirst East, Lehi, Utah. A Mellor Buffet will be served and music will be furnished by friends.Instead ofa gift, please bring a card or written memory for her scrapbook. invited to meet at the Sharon East Stake Center (2400 N.1060 E.in Provo). The celebration will be from 3:30 to 5:50 on Saturdayafternoon, February 25, 2006. No gifts, please. ‘| Mountainland Applied Technology College Looking for a hair salon? Look no further, contact MOUNTAIN COSMETOLOGY for your next salon appointment MATC 763-0324 MATC states to sue, too, Rhode Island — the first state to sue the paint industry over lead — argued that the’ substance has sickened tens of thousands of children, contaminated homes and burdened landlords. The state asked the jury to force the former manufacturers of lead pigment or paint to deal with the mess, thoughit did not seek a specific dollar amount. Superior Court Judge MichaelSilverstein will decide later what the companies must do to clean up the contamination. The judgealso will hear arguments Monday on whether the companies should have to pay punitive damages over and above the cleanupcosts. Heinstructed the jury to return to court on Tuesday. “Nowthat we havethe resources to clean up the mess that the industry created, there's no reason we can’t makelead poisoning history in RhodeIsland,” said Roberta Hazen Aaronson,executive director of the Childhood Lead important tenn pointin this fight.” He it could pave the way for Snir lawsuits in other states. “ certainly think other at- torney generals will be looking at the successof the litigation today,” he sai The state wants the compaSTEW MILNE/Associated Press nies to pay for a program that Jack left, attorney for the state of RhodeIsland, and could entail homeinspections; Assistant Attorney General Neil Kell right, leave Superior the removal or the painting Court on Wednesday in Providence,R.I. overoflead paint; and public The jury began deliberating Feb.13 following a Action Project. New York Stock Exchangeaf- trial that lasted more than three The sale of lead paint was ter the verdict. months. Anearliertrial ended banned in 1978in the U.S.after A spokeswoman for the com- in 2002in a hungjury. studies showed it can cause panies, former Iowa Attorney Thestate called as witnesses brain damage andother serious General Bonnie Campbell, said doctors, public health historihealth problems in children. in a statementthat the verdict ans and homeinspectors, who But in Rhode Island and other “is but onestep in a lengthy testified that even low levels states with older houses, many process.” Sherwin-Williams of lead can causebehavioral homes still have lead paint. said the facts and the law are disorders, gastrointestinal pain, The jury decided that one of onits side. brain damage, even death. the four companies sued, AtThe cor ies argued in Dr.Philip Landrigan, an lantic Richfield Co., was not re- court that the incidefice,of expert in childhood lead poisonsponsible. 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