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The big and unsolvable problem with current lead paint litigation in Baltimore and elsewhere in the United States is that, after over 6,000 years of mining and purposeful use in just about every civilization, lead is virtually everywhere in the earth's environment.
It is estimated that there are multi-millions of metric tons of lead residue in the environment that is not going away anytime soon. Lead (Pb) is a purposefully malleable, heavy metal (Atomic Number 82), that does not dissolve in water, does not dissipate, does not decay, and does not burn. This stuff just lasts, and lasts, and lasts. It accumulates, and accumulates, and accumulates.
Consequently, in major and old cities such as Baltimore ... and Philadelphia ... and New York ... and Boston ... and Washington, D.C., lead is literally everywhere there are people. That includes old residential neighborhoods with pre-1978 built apartments and houses. It also includes (10 the air we breathe, (2) the water we drink, (3) dust, (4) soil, (5) clothes (particularly work clothes), (6) job sites, (7) work and industrial sites, (8) toys, (9) furniture, (10) folk and home remedies, (11) baby cribs, (12) child high chairs, (13) cosmetics, (14) jewelry, (15) foods and candies (especially from Mexico and some Asian countries), (16) drinks, (17) batteries,(18) automobile repair items and shops,(19) playgrounds and sandlots, (20) commercial buildings, (21) government buildings, (22) many other products, etc.
In some jurisdictions such as California, for instance, litigation has been brought against paint manufacturers with de minimis success. Those lawsuits alleged that the paint manufactures had been placing injurious lead paint products on the market and had failed to warn of the risks of exposure. In other jurisdictions, such as in Baltimore, Maryland, litigation is generally brought against landlords, landowners, and residential management companies for exposure to lead-based paint applied to the surfaces of older (pre-1978 built) residential rental units (apartments and houses). It is important to note that lead-based paint can be found in both older rental housing as well as older private housing.
However, far less litigation arises out of exposure to lead-based paint in private housing.
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