Sentences with phrase «paint poisoning of»

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Poisons and Other Toxic Substances During your pre-baby life, you may have had a haphazard approach to the use, storage, and disposal of medicines, paints, and household - cleaning agents.

Our city is one of the highest in the nation for lead poisoning, due to our old housing and the high use of lead paint to prevent weathering during winter.

If that is really the justification — the enoromous costs incurred by families and a society when a child is poisoned — than our efforts are better spent addressing the much more significant cause of childhood lead poisoning — older housing and buildings coated with lead paint.

Two of her four boys were lead - poisoned when a contractor used an unsafe way to remove lead paint on the outside of their house.

When you remodel one of these homes, by adding on a new room, scraping off paint, or tearing down a wall, etc., you may disturb lead paint and it may put your child at risk for lead poisoning.

Latch all kitchen cupboards and drawers and remove any chemicals, poisons, paints and pesticides away from the reach of baby.

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, exposure to lead paint increases the likelihood of lead poisoning and mental retardation.

Much attention has been paid to lead in water, but lead paint has been and remains a major cause of lead poisoning in children.

If you live in pre 1978 housing, it is important to safeguard the children in your home or apartment from suffering the damaging effects of lead poisoning, by keeping the home clean and keeping painted surfaces intact.

A large number of Syracuse children have been poisoned by lead paint — which was banned for commercial use in 1978 — while living in old, deteriorating housing in the city.

Lead paint is the major cause of lead poisoning in Syracuse and other cities with housing built before lead paint was banned in 1978.

The Common Council passed legislation Tuesday to address chipping and peeling lead paint hazards in rental units following years of reporting by Investigative Post on Buffalo's serious lead poisoning problem.

«County's Lead Primary Prevention Expands HEPA Vac Loaner Program» Ways to reduce the incidence of childhood lead poisoning caused by the ingestion of lead paint chips or the inhalation of lead - laden dust is the theme of National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, October 24th through the 30th, Oneida County Executive... poisoning caused by the ingestion of lead paint chips or the inhalation of lead - laden dust is the theme of National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, October 24th through the 30th, Oneida County Executive... Poisoning Prevention Week, October 24th through the 30th, Oneida County Executive... Read more

The program, initiated last year by County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., targets properties in Cornhill, West Utica and parts of East Utica that are «at risk» for lead poisoning and allows the homeowners to replace old lead - base painted, single paned windows with new energy efficient replacement windows purchased at cost and using lead safe work practices.

He continued, «Remodelers and renovators performing work in pre-1978 homes and found to be in non-compliance with the new regulations could face significant fines if a family member living in the dwelling is lead poisoned as a result of unsafe renovations of lead - based paint.»

Something the public loves to hate in its political cabals battling to run the country from the thick of Westminster's guerrilla territories, and something our war - painted politicos on all sides perennially condemn as an obstruction to policy - building, while sharpening their poison darts in the undergrowth.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said one of the big issues will focus on potential lead poisoning from lead paint.

Brown's new initiatives for lead in drinking water testing come one day after the Buffalo Common Council passed legislation aimed at addressing chipping and peeling lead paint hazards in rental units following two years of reporting by Investigative Post on Buffalo's serious lead poisoning problem.

Lead paint from Buffalo's older housing stock continues to cause high rates of lead poisoning in the city.

Deputy Mayor Herminia Palacio said two of those kids were poisoned by lead paint, while the causes of the other cases «were sort of non-lead-paint hazards that were identified.»

While the problems in NYCHA are centered on lead paint, Pruitt has primarily tackled the issue of eliminating lead poisoning from water.

«Protecting our children from the hazards of lead common in pre-1978 housing has been a high priority of my administration; and while it may take years to provide adequate lead safe housing in our community, there are measures we can take now to reduce children's risks of lead poisoning, including insisting that rental property owners replace or repair older windows and chipping and peeling lead paint and ensuring the work is performed by EPA certified contractors using lead safe work practices,» Picente said.

We knew that lead paint could cause lead poisoning, and it was understood that the routes of exposure were the eating of paint chips and the ingestion of lead dust that would get on children's fingertips.

«Weve also had cases of lead poisoning when families who were pregnant did renovations and sanded off paint that happened to contain lead,» Landrigan says.

There are strange reports of performers dying of skin poisoning when their bodies are completely painted and men dying from leaving opiom suppositories in too long.

In Milwaukee, a neighborhood health center asked a chemistry class at Milwaukee Trade and Technical to help it tackle awareness of lead - paint poisoning among young children.

It's had a complete exterior and interior overhaul, from its rugged Kevlar - coated Desert Sand exterior and hardtop to a custom Stingray heat - reduction hood, complete set of steel Kevlar - coated flat fenders with custom - painted Poison Spyder inner fender liners, SRC Rock Rails and XRC Limb Risers attached to high - quality Drake off - road hood hinges.

Using radium dusted paint to create glow - in - the - dark numbers on watch faces, the «shining girls» became luminous themselves, their clothing and hair dusted with a deadly mist of the toxic poison.

An elderly Amish man, rumoured to be in the possession of paintings worth millions of dollars, is found poisoned.

It had once held the five gallons of joint compound with which he'd repaired the walls of Belle's garage — before their final parting, before she returned his rehearsal space to a repository for paint thinner and plant poisons and spare tires.

Holding strong in the # 5 spot, household items includes products like paint, glue and cleaning supplies — and they contribute to tens of thousands of poison cases each year.

Buckets of water, paint, etc. can also be drowning or poisoning hazards, or might just be tipped over.

And even though the horrors of lead poisoning are well known, there is a resurgence in the use of lead in white paints and painting grounds, she says.

The triptych, Negative Value (1982), named after stars which are nearly impossible to tell apart, explores ideas of poison and corruption through the alchemy of painting.

Or a heap of matt - etched, transparent poison receptacles, their insides coated with soapy - looking, drippy, paint residue?

She originally began painting a «sweetest poison» series portraying the underworld of absinthe drinkers but then swiveled to explore a more universally experienced venom — when those closest to us choose to betray and inflict pain instead.

The subject of the painting was the 17 - year - old English early Romantic poet Thomas Chatterton, shown dead after he poisoned himself with arsenic in 1770.

Poison IV, a solo exhibition by New York - based artist Brian Kokoska, presented an installation of paintings, sculptures and found objects at Paris's Galerie Valentin which took place from September 5 to October 10, 2015.

The story of the painted «Poison City» will have you walking the pathways of countless graffiti writers and artistic vigilantes, from the South Basin to Rivertown.

With this set of drawings, and the accompanying painting, Hawkins is directing our attention to the sordid poison of sex tourism and the sexual exploitation that it breeds.

David — while I generally agree with your comments, I disagree with the comment re: black pigment in paint and cars in sunlight, likewise the comparison of the effects of a small amount of Co2 on climate and the effects of small dosages of poisons on organisms.

For instance, each country phased out lead in gasoline, plumbing and paint at different times, providing a rigorous test that shows a high degree of likelihood that lead poisoning can influence violent crime rates.

Set the legal standard for landlord liability for the injuries of children poisoned by lead paint.

In some cases, the negligence of a supervisor may be found to have been a cause of a child's lead - paint poisoning.

Team, Ltd., 88 NY2d 628 [establishing landlords» regulatory liability for childhood lead poisoning under NYC Local Law 1], Munoz v. Puretz 301 AD2d 382 [liability of landlord for prenatal exposure to lead based paint suffered by the unborn child of a tenant], Zaman v. Patwary 295 AD2d 424 [notice of child under Local Law 1], Perez v. New York City Housing Authority, 304 AD2d 736 [collateral estoppel effect of DOH lead paint violations] and has obtained for his clients millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements.

Weinberg points out that lead in the water supply may have different consequences than lead in paint, given that people can take steps to reduce the risk of poisoning due to water contamination.

Enjoined the State of Maryland from implementing an exemption to a residential lead paint safety regulation that would have led to the poisoning of hundreds of children.

Brian Brown manages, supervises and handles the defense litigation cases involving automobile negligence, products liability, premises liability including lead - based paint poisoning, civil assaults, construction accidents, insurance coverage, insurance fraud and claims of negligent security, including ATMs.

This fact could not be clearer when this past week a Bronx jury returned a stunning 57 million dollar verdict in a case against the New York City Housing Authority finding that this municipal agency of the City of New York was negligent in failing to inspect for the hazards of lead paint and maintaining the apartment free of lead hazards, and that such negligence caused the lead poisoning of a child who was a resident in their apartment.

Remaining at the forefront of toxic tort litigation, Carr Maloney defends clients of all sizes against lead paint poisoning, mold and asbestos exposure, carbon monoxide and Legionnaire's Disease cases.