I can not believe that some law firm such as Zimmerman and Reed, or the Cirisi Firm has not done a class action against the big paint companies. They must have known about the health effects long before they stopped making it.
Steve Meldahl Jordan (work) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Lischeid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [Mpls] Lead removal v.s. MAC 150 > The solution is simple: > Paint companies used lead in their paint. > Millions of people bought the paint to 'paint the town'. > Let the paint companies/consumers fund the solution. > (Like the airlines and passengers are paying for the Sound Insulation > Program). > > Ask these questions: > How much money will it take to solve the problem? > How long do you have to reasonably solve the problem? > How much paint do we project to sell in Minnesota in during that time? > Once you have these figures, you know what the surcharge will be for every > pint/quart/gallon of paint sold in Minnesota during that time. > When the problem is gone, the surcharge goes away. > > Ron Lischeid > Windom > > > > > > > >From: Barbara Lickness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Minneapolis Issues Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: "Gregory D. Luce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [Mpls] Lead removal v.s. MAC 150 > >Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 21:45:51 -0800 (PST) > > > >Here is the part I don't understand. > > > >Hundreds of homeowners in the flight paths of the > >airport are getting new doors, new windows, new air > >conditioners and other things added to their homes > >free of charge because they have to deal with noise > >issues from airplanes. Many of the recipients of the > >MAC 150 sound insulation program are middle to upper > >income people. > > > >We have hundreds of houses that have significant lead > >issues in them. These houses would benefit majorly > >from new windows, new doors and probably central air > >conditioning as well. More importantly, this > >remediation in these houses would prevent hundreds of > >children from life altering harm as a result of > >exposure to lead. > > > >I am glad for the people who live by the airport and > >their ability to leverage resources to alleviate the > >noise problems in their homes. > > > >I just wonder what the advocacy has been for people > >living in homes where there is lead? What incentives > >are there for landlords to address the problem? I > >know the city had a few programs but nothing that > >lasted over the long haul and certainly none that > >covered a large number of homes. I am not sure what > >the county has done to help this situation and I am > >not sure what Federal dollars were available for this > >issue. I believe the cities 10,000 windows program was > >funded by federal dollars. Phillips dealt with it to a > >minor degree in their NRP plan. Corcoran also > >addressed the issue slightly in their NRP plan. > > > >If anyone out there has more historical information as > >to why removing lead from homes has not been and is > >not as high a priority as insulating people's homes > >for airplane noise, I would like to know. It just > >doesn't seem right. Lead removal deserves to take at > >least the same priority. > > > >Barb Lickness > >Whittier > > > >===== > >"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can > >change the world. Indeed, > >it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! > >http://platinum.yahoo.com > > > >TEMPORARY REMINDER: > >1. Send all posts in plain-text format. > >2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. > > > >________________________________ > > > >Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > >Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. > 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. > > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
