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BAN ON LEAD IN CANDY
(INTRO 369-A)Introduced: 2005
Passed City Council: May 11, 2005
Passed Mayor: May 19, 2005
Lead in candy and other foods manufactured in Mexico has become a growing concern to health officials. One study in Orange County, California estimated that 15 percent of the children with lead poisoning contracted it through candy imported from Mexico. Prolonged exposure to lead has been associated with memory loss, behavioral problems, and kidney damage. This bill prohibits the sale of candy containing lead and the sale of litargirio, a traditional remedy used as an antiperspirant and for treating burns and wounds, that also contains lead.
How Councilmembers Voted :
50-Yes 0-No 0-Abstain 1-Absent
| Name | Party | District | Vote |
| Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. | Democrat | 32 | Yes |
| Maria del Carmen Arroyo | Democrat | 17 | Yes |
| Tony Avella | Democrat | 19 | Yes |
| Maria Baez | Democrat | 14 | Yes |
| Charles Barron | Democrat | 42 | Yes |
| Tracy L. Boyland | Democrat | 41 | Yes |
| Gale A. Brewer | Democrat | 6 | Yes |
| Yvette D. Clarke | Democrat | 40 | Yes |
| Leroy G. Comrie, Jr. | Democrat | 27 | Yes |
| Bill de Blasio | Democrat | 39 | Yes |
| Erik Martin Dilan | Democrat | 37 | Yes |
| Simcha Felder | Democrat | 44 | Yes |
| Lewis A. Fidler | Democrat | 46 | Yes |
| Helen D. Foster | Democrat | 16 | Yes |
| Dennis P. Gallagher | Republican | 30 | Yes |
| James F. Gennaro | Democrat | 24 | Yes |
| Vincent J. Gentile | Democrat | 43 | Yes |
| Alan Gerson | Democrat | 1 | Yes |
| Eric N. Gioia | Democrat | 26 | Yes |
| Sara M. Gonzalez | Democrat | 38 | Yes |
| Robert Jackson | Democrat | 7 | Yes |
| Letitia James | Working Families | 35 | Yes |
| Allan W. Jennings, Jr. | Democrat | 28 | Absent |
| Melinda R. Katz | Democrat | 29 | Yes |
| G. Oliver Koppell | Democrat | 11 | Yes |
| Andrew J. Lanza | Republican | 51 | Yes |
| John C. Liu | Democrat | 20 | Yes |
| Margarita Lopez | Democrat | 2 | Yes |
| Miguel Martinez | 10 | Yes | |
| Michael E. McMahon | Democrat | 49 | Yes |
| Gifford Miller | Democrat | 5 | Yes |
| Hiram Monserrate | Democrat | 21 | Yes |
| Eva Moskowitz | 4 | Yes | |
| Michael C. Nelson | Democrat | 48 | Yes |
| James S. Oddo | Republican | 50 | Yes |
| Annabel Palma | Democrat | 18 | Yes |
| Bill Perkins | Democrat | 9 | Yes |
| Madeline T. Provenzano | Democrat | 13 | Yes |
| Christine C. Quinn | Democrat | 3 | Yes |
| Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. | Democrat | 47 | Yes |
| Philip Reed | Democrat | 8 | Yes |
| Diana Reyna | Democrat | 34 | Yes |
| Joel Rivera | Democrat | 15 | Yes |
| James Sanders, Jr. | Democrat | 31 | Yes |
| Larry B. Seabrook | Democrat | 12 | Yes |
| Helen Sears | Democrat | 25 | Yes |
| Kendall Stewart | Democrat | 45 | Yes |
| Peter F. Vallone, Jr. | Democrat | 22 | Yes |
| Albert Vann | Democrat | 36 | Yes |
| David I. Weprin | Democrat | 23 | Yes |
| David Yassky | Democrat | 33 | Yes |