LEAD NOT DEAD, BUT "OLD" IN BALTIMORE : LEAD(Pb) CASE DEFENSE LAW FIRM

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Excerpted from the new book by premier lead paint poisoning defense attorney and best-selling author Charles Jerome Ware, titled:  Defending Lead Paint Poisoning Cases : "Blurred Plumbism".

Lead (Pb) in Baltimore is not dead, but it is very old. For the most part, lead found in Baltimore is what I call "legacy lead"--- it is old and it probably will not go away in the environment. It has come, and comes, from a number of  sources other just lead paint in pre 1978-built residential housing in some neighborhoods. Other major sources of lead in Baltimore include : dust, drinking water, utility water, soil, playgrounds, trees, plants and flowers, businesses, jobs, hobbies, non-residential buildings,  folk remedies, foreign-made toys and other products such as furniture, cosmetics ,jewelry and pottery, etc.

Since lead (Pb) is not able to dissolve in water, or biodegrade, dissipate, decay, or burn, this makes lead an extremely harmful hazard. An estimated ten(10) million metric tons of lead residue is in the earth's environment. Lead (Pb) lasts, and lasts, and lasts.

Significant production of lead began around 3000 BC. Large lead mines in Spain and Greece are known to have contributed significantly to the worldwide distribution of lead. The Roman Empire is credited with being the first society to widely use lead in their wine, cooking and drinking utensils, plumbing and bath spas, food, etc. This view is supported by the fact that thw word "plumbing" is derived from the Latin word "plumbum", for lead, which also gave rise to the chemical symbol for lead : Pb.

The legacy or history of lead(Pb) in the Baltimore area goes back to Colonial America times.  Use of white lead began here in Colonial times and ultimately peaked in 1922.  In 1951, Baltimore banned the use of lead pigment in interior paint; the first such restriction in the United States. It was finally in 1978 that the Federal government banned the consumer and residential uses of lead paint.
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