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1. Getting the Lead Out.

Author

Cowley, Geoffrey, Shulman, Ken, Underwood, Anne, and Springen, Karen

Subjects
*LEAD poisoning in children, *LEAD poisoning, *LEAD based paint, *CHILDREN'S health, *HOUSING policy, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law), *PAINT
Abstract

Discusses lead paint lawsuits against paint companies in Rhode Island and other parts of the U.S. Profile of the Colón family, whose son Sammy was poisoned by old paint in the family's Providence home; Rates of childhood lead poisoning in the U.S.; Number of children in Chicago, Illinois and New York City who are poisoned by lead paint each year; Efforts of the state of Rhode Island to get courts to declare lead paint a public nuisance and to force the companies to clean it up; Number of housing units in Rhode Island that contain lead paint; Companies named in lawsuits, including American Cyanamid, Atlantic Richfield and Sherwin-Williams; Reaction of paint companies; Links between childhood lead poisoning and health problems.

Published
2003

2. PAINTING A BLEAK PICTURE.

Author

Del Raval, Carmen

Subjects
LEAD & the environment, LEAD poisoning in children, MEDICAID, ECONOMIC impact, LEAD poisoning, DIAGNOSIS, THERAPEUTICS
Published
2017

3. THE RHODE ISLAND LEAD PAINT LAWSUIT: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Author

Rabin, Rick

Subjects
PEDIATRIC toxicology, LEAD toxicology, LEAD based paint, LEAD poisoning in children, HEALTH policy, CHILDREN'S health, ACTIONS & defenses (Law), PAINT industry, MARKETING, LAW
Abstract

Reports of child lead poisoning from paint date back over a hundred years. The lead paint companies were well aware of that hazard long before they ceased the sale of lead paint. Throughout the 20th century there was a gradually increasing acknowledgment by public health officials of the need to remove lead paint from the environment of young children, but minimal public resources were made available to do so. Beginning in the 1980s, lawsuits were filed against the industry; however, for legal/technical reasons, none was successful until a Rhode Island jury held that three former paint manufacturers had knowingly created a ‘public nuisance.’ Consequently, ongoing and future lawsuits may yield the resources for an end to child lead poisoning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2006

4. Blood lead levels among children--Rhode Island, 1993-1995.

Author

Matyas, B. and Simon, P.

Subjects
*LEAD poisoning in children
Abstract

Examines data gathered by the Rhode Island Department of Health on the lead poisoning among children in the state from March 1993 to February 1995. Average blood lead levels (BLL) among children; Percentage of children with elevated BLL; Geometric mean venous BLL among children among children less than six years old.

Published
1995

5. Lead Poisoning Associated with Use of Litargirio -- Rhode Island, 2003.

Author

Silva, D., Tourangeau, J., Aglione, R., Angeloni, M., Brackett, C., Dundulis, W., and Reyes, N.

Subjects
*LEAD poisoning in children, *PEDIATRIC toxicology, *HISPANIC Americans
Abstract

Summarizes a case investigation of lead poisoning in children associated with litargirio use in Rhode Island in 2003. Information on a statewide health alert issued by the Rhode Island Department of Health regarding the use of litargirio; Reason behind the failure of certain ethnic populations to disclose the use of the product; Limitations of the convenience survey conducted to assess litargirio use in the Hispanic community in Providence.

Published
2005

6. Blood Levels In Refugee Children in Rhode Island.

Author

Hebbar, Sunil, Vanderslice, Robert, Simon, Peter, and Vallejo, María-Luisa

Subjects
*LEAD poisoning in children, *LEAD poisoning prevention, *HOUSING & health, *PUBLIC health, *HEALTH services administration, *PREVENTION, HEALTH of refugee children
Abstract

The article offers information related to the health of the refugee children in Rhode Island. It reports on a goal of the Rhode Island Department of Health to eliminate lead poisoning by 2010 which includes the removal of environmental lead hazards and universal screening of children. It aims to identify the prevalence of lead poisoning among refugee children in Rhode island, and compare the rates to the non-refugee population in Providence. It comments that it will be crucial for future studies to investigate the onset of lead poisoning in refugee children regarding the determination whether exposure to lead is occurring predominantly prior to or following resettlement.

Published
2010

7. Jury finds ex-lead paint makers liable for poisoning.

Author

Tucker, Eric

Subjects
VERDICTS, LEAD paint laws, LEAD poisoning in children, LEGAL evidence
Abstract

Reports on the verdict on February 22, 2006, which found three former manufacturers of lead paint liable for a product that has poisoned Rhode Island children for years. Companies which were found responsible for the poisoning; Arguments of the companies in court; Health damages caused by lead, according to witnesses called by the state.

Published
2006

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