Environmentalists sued the U.S. Maritime Administration late last month in a U.S. District Court in Sacramento over what has long been considered an environmental time bomb ticking away in the calm waters of Suisun Bay.
Mattel, the world's largest toy distributor, announced a massive recall August 14 of approximately 19 million potentially dangerous toys manufactured in China. Mattel executives also suggested that additional recalls could be announced.
The threat of lead paint poisoning has prompted a recall of almost one million Fisher-Price toys. The paint on the affected toys contains excessive levels of lead and could cause adverse health effects in children.
A New York family settled with the city this week for $12.75 million in a lawsuit that claimed the family’s 19 children were negligently exposed to lead paint while living in city-subsidized housing.
An Illinois woman filed a class action lawsuit last week against toy manufacturer RC2 after learning that her sons’ toys contain toxic levels of lead paint.
A Wisconsin jury began deliberations this week in a $52.6 million dollar lawsuit by the city of Milwaukee, which could hold a paint manufacturer responsible for the cleanup of lead paint in thousands of inner-city homes.
On April 27, New York City's Department of Health warned area residents that some eye makeup products that had been illegally imported should be avoided completely due to their high lead content. Lead is poisonous and can cause severe health problems, particularly in children and pregnant women.
In response to a lawsuit filed last year by the Sierra Club, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreed to instruct about 120 manufacturers and importers of children's products about their need to provide information about toxic levels of lead in their products.
Five contamination sites are being added to the National Superfund Priorities List, which designates the most serious hazardous waste sites marked for possible long-term cleanup with help from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program.
The General Motors plant in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. closed 10 years ago with an agreement to clean up its former site within 6 years. GM produced approximately 12 million vehicles at the plant.
Trenton, N.J. -- A report says the affects of arsenic, lead and other contaminants in a toxic dump being re-listed as a Superfund site here need to be analyzed and may pose a public health risk.
A case against the owner of a building in Greensboro, N.C. where a child was brain damaged as a result of exposure to lead paint has been settled out of court.
The shoe and clothing manufacturer issued a voluntary recall earlier this week after a 4-year-old boy swallowed part of one of the company's charm bracelets and later died of lead poisoning.
A Rhode Island jury said three former makers of lead paint can be held liable for causing public health problems and could be forced to pay millions in cleanup and mitigation costs.
Electronic equipment, including computers, monitors and television sets, contain significant amounts of lead. If improperly disposed of, this lead can contaminate groundwater, and pose health risks to people who consume the water.
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