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New Jerseys rules on lead poisoninghave some large loopholes.

Health care providers are requiredto test children 2 and under twice fortoxic lead, a potent poison that cancause a lifetime of learning problems.Nonetheless, about 50,000 childrenwere not tested by age three, accordingto the latest state annual report. A loop-hole: parents can refuse the test for anyreason.

Even if elevated lead is found in achilds blood, the state doesnt requirethat schools be noti-fied. That can leaveschools in the darkabout which studentshave lead poisoningand may need specialeducation or otherservices findingsconfirmed by an As-bury Park Press sur-vey of 27 school dis-tricts, including thosewith the highest per-centages of lead-poisoned children inthe state.

Lead poisoning often arising fromexposure to lead paint dust and chips inolder homes in urban areas cancause learning, behavioral and other

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It just doesnt seem fair.Bridgewater resident Kathy Gerndt

elevated her small one-story summercottage on Moonrise Lane in Toms River,which was wrecked by superstormSandy, eight feet to bring it into accord-ance with Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency rules.

Now Gerndt has a problem thats not her fault butlikely will cost her thousands of dollars to fix.

Her house is too close to Jersey Central Power &Lights high-voltage electric lines, a serious safety haz-ard. They claim we need to replace the utility pole andlines and absorb the cost, Gerndt said.

Gerndts not alone. As rebuilding continues at theJersey Shores coastal communities, residents are find-ing that their raised homes, which were once safely be-low power lines, are now way too close.

Her neighbor, Frank Casquarelli of West Nyack,

Raising yourhome? You mayowe even more

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Two years ago, doctors diagnosed Janet Colbert witha rare form of liver cancer that is sure to kill her.

A large portion of her liver was removed and a pumpwas implanted to deliver chemotherapy directly. Doc-tors thought they could buy her a year, but could notguarantee she would live to see her sons wedding ayear and a half later.

Colbert made it to the wedding last June. Her favor-ite part was that her son led her to her seat in the Catho-lic church in Little Egg Harbor. Her quality of life hasbeen good, but should her final weeks prove unbear-able, Colbert said she would like a prescription thatwould end her life.

I feel that it would just give me so much more peaceof mind, said Colbert, a retiree who worked 25 years asan oncology nurse.

Euthanasia. Assisted suicide. Death with dignity. It is called different things by different people, often

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