Lead
Lead Particles In Hair Dye A Health Risk?
The news regarding the Flint, Michigan drinking water dominates the media coverage for anything having to do with lead particles and potential health hazards. However, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently begun investigating the potential health hazards...
EPA Targets Lead In Cosmetics and Consumer Products
The EPA recently released the Federal Lead Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures and Associated Health Impacts, which primarily seeks to reduce exposure from paint, drinking water, soil and emissions. Limiting exposure through cosmetics and consumer...
Paint Company Settles Lead Paint Case in California For $60 Million
CMBG3 Law previously reported on a pending lead paint case in California (The People of the State of California v. Atlantic Richfield Co. et al., case number H040880, in the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Sixth Appellate District) in which paint...
U.S. Supreme Court Will Not Hear Flint, Michigan Cases On Appeal
In August of 2017, CMBG3 reported on the Sixth Circuit court’s ruling that revived two class action lawsuits regarding lead-contaminated drinking water in Flint, Michigan, finding that the Safe Drinking Water Act does not preempt the lawsuits from proceeding. The...
CA Supreme Court Will Not Overturn $1.15 Billion Lead Paint Ruling
As CMBG3 Law previoulsy reported, a California trial court ruled that paint manufacturer Sherwin-Williams Co. and two former lead pigment makers (ConAgra Grocery Products and NL Industries) must pay $1.15 billion to abate lead paint in millions of homes in California....
Company Receives $100,000 Grant From EPA To Develop Lead Particle Measurement Technology For Drinking Water
Given the events in recent years that have taken place in Flint, Michigan regarding lead particles in the community drinking water, there has been a significant uptick in news and attention paid to the potential for lead particles in drinking water sources to cause...
Court of Appeals Kicks Flint’s Lead-Tainted Water Cases Back To State Court
Last week, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that three lawsuits against Michigan’s environmental officials over Flint’s lead-tainted water must be litigated in the state court and not the federal court. At the heart of the appeal was whether the officials were...
“Get the Lead Out” Campaign Aims To Raise Awareness In Schools Over Lead In Drinking Water
Boston area schools started a new school year recently and two organizations took steps to ensure that parents were made aware of steps that they could take to reduce the likelihood that their children would ingest lead particles from drinking water sources. As part...
Paint Companies Fight $1.15 Billion Lead Ruling
Yesterday, paint manufacturer Sherwin-Williams Co. and two former lead pigment makers (ConAgra Grocery Products and NL Industries) argued to a California appellate court that a trial court’s ruling of $1.15 billion against the companies should be reversed. The...