Market Share Legislation: Holding the Lead Pigment Companies Accountable for Their Role in Lead Poisoning

Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, October, 1991, p. 12.

Bullard R. D. and Wright B. H. , “Environmental Justice for All: Community Perspectives on Health and Research Needs,” Toxicology and Industrial Health, Vol. 9, No. 5, Sept-October., 1993, pp. 828–833.

Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children, see figures on p. 8 and p. 12.

“A Framework for Action to Make Private Housing Lead-safe: A Proposal to Focus National Attention,” Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning and The National Center for Lead-safe Housing, June, 1993.

Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children, p. 18.

Augustine A. T. , “Lessons in Lead, An Evaluation of Lead Poisoning Prevention in Massachusetts,” Thesis, Graduate Program of Public Policy, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, September 1, 1993, p. 64. Also see, Carroll M. , “Lead-paint Battle May Get Less Costly,” The Boston Globe, January 30, 1993, p. 35.

Kiley Kevin , Massachusetts Bankers Association. Presentation at “Appraisals and Real Estate Transactions”, “Building a Lead-safe Future,” Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning Conference, Washington DC, May 16–18, 1994.

NIOSH Alert, August 1991.

“Lead Poisoning in Adults on the Rise, States Report,” Indoor Air Review, June 1992, p. 14.

For example, a recent scientific article documents the transport of lead from work into the homes of electric-cable splicers. The splicer's homes had lead levels about twice that of their neighbors. Rinehart R. D. and Yanagisawa Y. , “Paraoccupational Exposures to Lead and Tin Carried by Electric-cable Splicers,” American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal (54), October 1993, pp. 593–599.

Feuer Jeffrey , attorney, Stern, Shapiro, Rosenfeld & Weissberg, personal communication, 1994.

Somberg Judy , attorney, personal communication, June, 1994.

Plasitella Christopher , attorney, Wilentz, Goldman and Spitzer, personal communication, July, 1994.

“Brief of the Defendant-appellees The Sherwin-Williams Company, Atlantic Richfield Company, NL Industries, Inc., SCM Corporation and Lead Industries Association.” In the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Monica Santiago v. The Sherwin-Williams Company, et. al., February 26, 1993.

Grillo T. , “Lead Paint Makers Become a Target,” The Boston Globe, September 4, 1993, p. 35.

Rabin R. , “Warnings Unheeded: A History of Child Lead Poisoning,” American Journal of Public Health, December, 1989.

“Minutes from the Annual Meeting of Lead Industries Association”, 1934, cited in Reich P. , “The Hour of Lead,” Environmental Defense Fund, June, 1992.

42 Code of Federal Regulations, Subpart J.

Feuer Jeffrey , several personal communications, 1994.

Editorial, “Seeing Red on Lead Paint,” The Boston Globe, November 8, 1993, p. 10.

Howe P. J. , “Lead Paint Suit Law Advances in House, But Bill Still Faces Tough Lobby Effort,” The Boston Globe, December 7, 1993, p. 58.

Senate Bill No. 240, January 28, 1991. Also, “Fee Notices Mailed by Lead Program: State Requiring Other Industries to Pay,” Occupational Safety & Health Reporter, February 24, 1993, p. 1655.

“Market Share Liability Legislation Filed”, The Lead Line, The aulson Company, Inc.

Office of Senator Bradley, personal communication, 1993.