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Lead Poisoning

• First-time homebuyers: when renovating an older home, keep lead paint safety in mind
• Lead Poisoning Sickens Hundreds in China
• Lead-Tainted Toy Recalls Down Sharply
• Hattiesburg, Mississippi Contains Highest Proportion of Childhood Blood Lead Levels
• National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week - October 19-25

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Virginia Accident Lawyer Blog

• Virginia ABC Worker In Alleged DUI Crash
• Free Case Evaluation: The Key to a Good Start
• Louisa County Car Accident
• 16-Year-Old Passenger Killed in Virginia Beach DUI Crash
• News on Personal Injury Law
• New Distracted Driving Threat: Digital Billboards

The Chinese Drywall Lawyer Blog

• Federal agency wants information about potential Chinese drywall fires
• Governor Crist pushing for Chinese Drywall Aid
• Use of vacuum to rid home of defective drywall particles insufficient
• Insulated wiring not immune from defective drywall contamination
• Deaths, Chinese Drywall, and an upcoming Investigation

News

• Virginia Supreme Court brief on the issue of the availability of a negligence per se cause of action for violations of the Uniform Statewide Building or BOCA code...
  Posted on 1/16/2009
• EPA v City; Water-test Discrepancies Upset Chesapeake Residents...
  Posted on 11/3/2008
• Hattiesburg, Mississippi Contains Highest Proportion of Childhood Blood Lead Levels...
  Posted on 10/27/2008
• Toy Boats Recalled by Buzz's Boatyard Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard...
  Posted on 10/13/2008
• U.S. CDC looking for N.D. volunteers to participate in Lead study...
  Posted on 5/14/2008

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Lead Poisoning

• Supreme Court Brief regarding the availability of a negligence per se cause of action for violations of the Uniform Statewide Building or BOCA code
• National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week - October 19-25
• Is Brain Damage from Lead Permanent?
• LeadCheck Swabs Have 64% Failure Rate
• EcoNugenics Develops Safe Antidote for Lead Toxicity in Children

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EPA v City; Water-test Discrepancies Upset Chesapeake Residents

Mr. and Mrs. Pierce and their two sons, 9 and 12, live down the street from the Battlefield Golf Club at Centerville.

Mrs. Pierce received a phone call from the EPA describing normal lead levels.  Mrs. Pierce was mystified by this call because just before Labor Day she has received a message from a city official stating the results from their testing detected lead levels, from samples of their well, to be three times the EPA's level of action.

During the summer, city officials announced high levels of metals were found in the groundwater underneath the golf course.   It contained 1.5 million tons of fly ash.  A number of contaminants such as lead, arsenic, and chromium can filter from fly ash

The sample taken by the city and the sample taken by the EPA were taken from the same source, as well as the same day.  So how can their results differ so drastically?

Pierce is still in anticipation of a meeting with the EPA and city officials to try and reconcile the inconsistent lead results.

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Lead Poisoning

• Should I buy an old house that has lead based paint? What if it is in good shape?

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