Environment
New Jersey sued The Sherwin-Williams Co. in Camden County Court, claiming it dumped lead and arsenic into waterways and soil.
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Public Health
The Minnesota Department of Health sued the Water Gremlin Co., of White Bear Township, to prohibit it from processing and handling lead until it helps identify people who suffered high levels of lead in their blood, clean up their residences and institute preventive measures, in Ramsey County Court.
Read moreWatchdog Gives EPA Failing Grade on Lead-Paint Rules
For over a decade, the Environmental Protection Agency has mostly failed to enforce a series of health regulations meant to keep people from being exposed to lead-based paint, according to a report issued Monday by an internal watchdog.
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Newark Pushes Plan to Speed Up Replacement of Lead Pipes
After weeks of reports of Newark’s failure to cope with growing lead contamination in its drinking water, the city announced Monday a $120 million initiative to speed up efforts to replace old lead pipes.
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Paris Downplays Notre Dame Lead-Poisoning Fears
Paris officials on Tuesday downplayed the risk of lead poisoning from the massive fire that tore through Notre Dame cathedral in April, as tests continue to show worrying levels of the toxic metal at nearby schools.
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Notre Dame’s Melted Lead Prompts Deep Clean for Schools
The city of Paris has ordered a deep cleaning for schools nearest to Notre Dame, whose lead roof melted away in the cathedral’s devastating fire in April.
Read more$305 Million Settlement Reached in 20-Year Fight Over Lead Paint
Two decades of litigation between California municipalities and paint manufacturers culminated in a $305 million settlement Wednesday to help remove the health blight of lead paint from houses across the state.
Read moreLead Ammo
The Ninth Circuit revived a lawsuit Thursday seeking to require the U.S. Forest Service to do something about lead ammunition in Arizona’s Kaibab National Forest, finding the court has jurisdiction to decide whether the harm caused by spent lead ammo should be mitigated.
Read morePittsburgh Will Pay $50M to Address Lead-Poisoning Crisis
Newly indicted over its botched response to lead-poisoning risks, the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority reached a $50 million settlement Thursday that includes water-line replacements and filters for low-income residents.
Read moreHigh Lead Levels in Water Affected Dozens of NC Schools
Unnerving North Carolina parents as they prepare to send their children back to school next month, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has reported that drinking water at least 24 of its schools showed high lead levels last year.
Read moreFlint Officials Push for Immunity in Sixth Circuit
The city of Flint and several government officials argued before the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday for immunity on a bodily integrity claim brought by a mother and child who drank the city’s lead-contaminated water.
Read more$60M Settlement Reached in Lead Paint Lawsuit
After nearly two decades of fighting, lead paint maker NL Industries agreed Wednesday to pay 10 California counties $60 million to remove toxic lead paint from homes in a settlement agreement.
Read moreGiant Lead Cleanup Ordered in Missouri
More than 4,000 lead-infested properties will be cleaned up in eastern Missouri, where 9 percent to 17 percent of children have elevated lead levels in their blood, federal officials said Wednesday.
Read moreStudy: Hunters’ Lead Bullets Are Poisoning African Vultures
A third of the vultures caught and tested in the African nation of Botswana for a new study had elevated levels of lead in their blood, likely the result of them eating the flesh of animals shot by hunters using lead bullets.
Read moreNinth Circuit Orders EPA to Update Lead-Hazard Rules
A divided Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to update its hazard standards for lead paint and lead dust in homes, saying the agency’s foot-dragging endangers the health of young children.
Read moreStudy: Link Between Childhood Lead Exposure & Criminal Behavior Weak
Childhood lead exposure is not consistently associated with criminal behavior later in life, a new study finds.
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Property Investors Slam Ohio City’s New Lead Law
A northwest Ohio city’s attempt to regulate lead paint in older buildings is facing a constitutional challenge from a group of real estate investors who say the ordinance unlawfully singles out owners of duplexes and other small rental units.
Read moreMinnesota Insurer Off the Hook in Peru Pollution Case
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Minnesota insurance company does not have to defend a lead mining company from multiple lawsuits in which Peruvian children accuse it of releasing toxic chemicals that permeated their entire community.
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Lead Poisoning Confirmed in PA Bald Eagle
Pennsylvania wildlife officials say a bald eagle that is suffering from lead poisoning is in guarded condition.
Read moreMichigan Health Chief Charged with Manslaughter Over Flint Crisis
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette on Wednesday charged the head of the state health department with involuntary manslaughter for his role in the Flint water crisis and related Legionnaires’ disease outbreak, and also charged others associated with the lead-contamination scandal that has plagued the distressed city for more than three years.
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