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BOSTON -- A Sharon lawmaker has proposed limiting the weight of books used in public schools amid concerns about the health risks of overloaded backpacks. State Rep. Louis Kafka's bill received its first reading on Thursday before the Legislature's joint committee on education. 'I lifted some of the backpacks and was quite taken by the weight of the books that the students had to carry,' he told The Boston Globe. Textbook companies said the problem isn't necessarily the weight of the books, but students' tendencies to wear a backpack slung over a shoulder, instead of centered on the back...
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