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Jul. 2, 07: Accident Raises Safety Concerns About Chinese Tires
Wall Street Journal reports that more than 450,000 Chinese-made tires may lack an important safety feature. read more »
Jul. 2, 07: Accident Raises Safety Concerns About Chinese Tires
Wall Street Journal reports that more than 450,000 Chinese-made tires may lack an important safety feature read more »
Feb. 22, 06: Landmark lead paint suit finds companies liable
Three former lead paint makers were found liable on Wednesday for poisoning thousands of children in Rhode Island in a landmark lawsuit that could trigger a wave of litigation against the industry. read more »
Feb. 22, 06: Three companies found liable in lead paint case
A Rhode Island jury ruled on Wednesday that three former lead paint makers were liable for creating a public nuisance and poisoning children, and must clean up lead paint in the state. read more »
Lead Poisoning
Lead is classified as a "heavy metal," and is highly toxic to our bodies. Lead can enter your body by inhaling it in the form of dust particles in the air, or by putting something in your mouth that has been contaminated with lead, such as water with high lead levels in it. Lead is highly dangerous to people as it may accumulate in bone marrow and nerve tissue. For many years lead was used in a wide variety of products including gasoline, solder, plumbing pipes, and most notoriously, household products including house paint. In an effort to reduce people's exposure to lead and probability of lead poisoning, in 1978, the sale of lead based paint for homes was banned, and the amount of lead permitted in gasoline was reduced. Even though lead is no longer used in the manufacturing of many products such as paint or water pipes, many products that had been manufactured before the ban went into effect still exist and have the possibility of contamination. Older homes and apartment buildings are key sources of lead as many still contain lead based paint on the walls and lead plumbing pipes. Already existing lead based paint and lead contaminated dust remain the most common sources of lead poisoning in children today. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 24 million homes in the United States still have lead based paint inside of them.
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