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Home » NJ Sen. Lautenberg, chemical safety advocate, dies at 89
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., died Monday at the age of 89 from viral pneumonia. First elected to the Senate in 1982, Lautenberg was the oldest member of the Senate.
Lautenberg was a strong supporter of both workplace safety and environmental protection. He took a special interest in chemical safety, introducing – along with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and 27 co-sponsors – the Safe Chemicals Act (S. 696), “a bill that would put common sense limits on toxic chemicals,” according to the advocacy group Safety Chemicals, Health Families.