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Though lead (Pb) use has been occurring in cultures since around 3000 B.C or so in places like Rome, Greece, Spain, etc., its use in North America most likely began during our Colonial times.
Use of the historically-popular "white lead" in the United States (including Baltimore and Washington) ultimately peaked in about 1922.
Baltimore banned the use of lead-based paint (lead pigment in interior paint) in Baltimore housing in 1951. It was the first such restriction of lead-based paint in the United States.
The Federal Lead Poisoning Prevention Act was passed in 1971.
The Federal government banned the consumer and residential use of lead-based paint in 1978. Homes and apartments built since 1978 in the United States must not contain lead-based paint.
Lead (Pb) has historically been used in pipes and solder both in the United States and abroad, thus contaminating drinking water. Other sources of lead can include lead-glazed pottery, some metal jewelry, cosmetics, soil, playgrounds, toys, foods and liquids, other products ,dust, the air we breathe. Breathing lead-contaminated air, drinking lead water, eating certain foods or ingesting dusts or soil that is contaminated with lead can cause many health problems; particularly in children up to age 6.
Since lead cannot be dissolved, dissipated, or burned up, it lasts --- and lasts --- and lasts. It has been estimated that over the centuries more than ten million metric tons of lead residue has accumulated in earth's environment.. People inhale it and ingest it everyday.
Lead (Pb) is a "heavy" metal that occurs naturally in the earth's crust. There are high concentrations of it in some rock formations and these mineral sources are mined and the lead is concentrated by industrial smelting. Lead contamination of surface soils occurs at mining and smelting sites, and many people usually live near these sites. The lead from smelters is used to make many types of products and thus people have inadvertently spread it through the environment in many ways. Currently a major consumer product containing lead is the lead acid battery.
If you have been sued in a lead paint or lead poisoning claim, call us at (410) 720-6129. We can help you.
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