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A Brief Summary of Selected Events, Federal Statutes and Regulations Involving Lead (Pb) :
(1) Lead has been in the earth forever.
(2) In or about200 B.C., lead(Pb) poisoning symptoms in patients were described and diagnosed by Greek physician Nikander, who decided that these symptoms were the result of human exposure to white lead (lead carbonate).
(3) The Romans,too, were early and frequent users of lead in , among other things, their plumbing, pottery, and even as sweetened ( albeit, very harmful ) additives to their unremarkable wine.
(4) In the U.S. the "level of concern" for lead in blood was set in 1970 at 60 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood.
(5) In 1971, the Lead-based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, 42 USC 4822 (PL 91-965) was enacted to mandate inspection of Federal housing for lead paint hazards, to notify tenants of lead issues, as well as to engage lead hazard abatement.
(6) Further, in 1971, Federal law 42 USC 4831 banned the use of lead-based paint on Federal housing, as well as toys, furniture or cooking utensils .
(7) In 1975, the blood lead "level of concern" was lowered by the Federal government to 30 micrograms per deciliter.
(8) In 1977, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the interstate sale of lead-based paint for residential use.
(9) In 1985, the "blood lead level of concern" was lowered by the Federal government to 25 micrograms per deciliter.
(10) In 1986 the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments (PL 99-339) imposed a ban on the use of lead in lead plumbing and plumbing repairs.
(11) In 1988, the Lead Contamination Control Act (PL 100-572, October 31,1988) amended the Safe Drinking Water Act, and required testing for lead levels in drinking water in schools, and a recall of water coolers containing lead tanks, valves, or parts.
(12) In 1988, Amendments to the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, PL 100- 628, [ the McKinney Act], sgifted emphasis from identifying and treating the lead-poisoned child, to detection and remediation of lead-based paint.
(13) In 1990, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (PL 101-549) banned the manufacture of engines that burn leaded fuel after 1992; manufacture of leaded gasoline in the United States ended by 1194 [Section 218].
(14) In 1990 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued guidelines for public housing which defined paint containing 1 milligram of lead per square centimeter of area ( or o.5 percent by weight) to be "lead-based paint".
(15) In 1991, the Federal "blood lead level of concern" was lowered to 10 - 15 micrograms per deciliter by the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
(16) In 1991, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) called for a ban on lead foil capsules on wine bottles.
(17) The Lead-Based Paint Exposure Reduction Act was enacted in 1992. This law serves as a comprehensive overhaul of Federal efforts to combat lead-based paint hazards in the United States.
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