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Flint

Your calls worked! Congress passes vital bill on lead

Congress voted to pass a package of legislation that authorizes $170 million to respond to the Flint water crisis, with additional resources to address the national problem of lead exposure.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation, Lead Tagged With: lead, Senator Stabenow, Flint, Flint Michigan

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Lead: America’s unfinished business

All of the attention to the Flint tragedy should result first and foremost in justice and concrete aid for Flint, but it should also serve as a wake-up call that America has unfinished business with lead.

Filed Under: Uncategorized, Lead Tagged With: airports, ban, CDC, children, Congress, dust, EPA, food, lead poisoning, legislation, Michigan, no safe level, public health, Tonko, cars, Flint, Rick Snyder, safe water, lead policy, legacy, industrial paints and coatings, boats, civil engineering, gasoline, lead wheel weights, vinyl school supplies, garden hoses, lunchboxes, chocolate, emergency funds, Cardin, tax credits, plumbing, paint remediation, lead remediation, HUD, test water, drinking fountains, lead and copper rule, Health Justice Project of Loyola Chicago Law School, Sargent Shriver Center, contaminated public housing, Health and Human Services, Medicaid

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Toxic trade: Lead paint worldwide

If you are outraged by the lead poisoning of children in Flint, Michigan, take a look at what’s happening just 250 miles to the east, near Toronto, where a Canadian company continues to produce lead compounds and distribute them worldwide for use in paints and plastics.

Filed Under: Mind the Store, Lead Tagged With: ban, Canada, children's products, China, Michigan, plastics, CPSC, Healthy Building Network, lead paint, Dominion Colour, pigments, paints, Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, restrictions, Ontario, Occupational Knowledge International, AkzoNobel, PPG, Sherwin-Williams, Valspar, developing countries, violations, US laws, Flint, reformulate, rubber, export

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