Industry Could Face Series Of Challenges On Lead, Including Litigation, Legislation
If the early signals are any indication, 2000 could turn out to be a year loaded with lead headaches for the industry, or at least some coatings manufacturers and former lead-pigment suppliers.
The stories grabbing the biggest headlines, of course, are the lawsuits filed late last year by Rhode Island Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse and prominent Baltimore attorney Peter Angelos. But those cases, just entering the early phases of what will likely turn into long, tortuous legal harangues, represent only part of a looming offensive against former lead-paint and lead-pigment suppliers.