www.charlesjeromeware.com " Here to make a Difference. Maryland-based, Nationally-respected."
Premier landlord lead paint and lead poisoning defense attorney Charles Jerome Ware can be reach-
ed for an initial courtesy consultation at (410) 720-6129 or (410) 730-5016.
For several years now, Baltimore has been considered by many commentators to be "ground zero" when it comes to lead-based paint problems. Certainly, since its prolific use of and contact with lead-based paint began during Colonial times, legacy (old) lead and lead paint residue has accumulated substantially in the Baltimore metropolitan area.
Lead (Pb) is a malleable, soft, useful, utilitarian, and heavy meat (Atomic Number 82) that does not dissolve in water, nor dissipate, nor decay, nor burn. According to many scientists, lead (Pb) has a scientific "half-life" of over 500,000 years; meaning that lead just lasts, and lasts, and lasts. According to knowledgeable researchers, there are currently multi-billions of metric tons of lead in the earth's atmosphere.
Paint manufacturers, the Lead Industry Association, the Federal Government, State and Local governments, et al., have all played significant roles of neglect and inaction in causing the lead
paint poisoning problems in Baltimore; not just landlords. The Federal government was very slow to act to stop the manufacture of lead additive (pigment) for paint and lead for use in gasoline, despite ample evidence of health dangers for humans --- particularly in children under the age of 6. Interior house paint containing lead was banned by Congress in 1970 but was still available until 1978 when it was finally banned by the Federal government. Leaded gasoline was outlawed in the U.S. in 1976. Baltimore was far more progressive than anyone else in banning the residential use of lead-based paint : outlawing Baltimore public housing use of lead paint in 1951, and banning use of lead paint in all Baltimore housing in 1966.
Interestingly, while for many years in the United States lead-based paint was being promoted and sold as the best kind of paint because of its durability and washability, by contrast in foreign countries such as France, Belgium and Austria lead paint use was being restricted as early as 1909.
As early as 1922, the League of Nations called for a complete ban on lead-based paint for indoor use.
Even Tunisia, Greece, Australia, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, Sweden, Belgium, Spain, Yugoslavia and Cuba had banned the use of lead paint for indoor purposes by 1934.
No comments:
Post a Comment