Study Says Many Children Are Still Poisoned By Lead
Rubatex Msds Thousands of children continue to be exposed to lead, especially in minority neighborhoods, despite legislation passed three years ago that set new lead paint regulations for landlords, according to a report released yesterday by the New York Public Interest Research Group.
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Rubatex Neoprene The advocacy group's report, which analyzed data from the city Department of Health, said that while there was an overall decline citywide in the number of documented cases of lead poisoning from 1995 to 2000, an estimated 136,404 children still contracted lead poisoning during that time.
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Rubatex 180 "It is imperative that the city spend all designated funds to eliminate this major health hazard," Mr. Thompson wrote.
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Rubatex 180 Fs Carol Abrams, a spokeswoman for the housing preservation department, said the main reason for the slowdown in spending was a decrease in enforcement costs, brought about because most of the buildings the department had presumed would contain hazardous lead paint those that were built before lead paint was outlawed in 1960 were turning out to be lead-free.
Rubatex 1800 But advocates at the New York Public Interest Research Group and City Council members say that the report shows there is still a need for more stringent eradication efforts in minority neighborhoods. According to the report, the largest cluster with the highest incidence of exposure to lead is in central Brooklyn, including Brownsville, East New York, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Bushwick.
Rubatex 320 "There is going to be an argument made which I consider to be a very diversionary and almost racist argument that the rates are going down," said Bill Perkins, the deputy majority leader of the Council and a sponsor of a bill that would replace the city's lead-paint law. "They're not going down satisfactorily in communities of color."
Rubatex 373 If passed, the proposed law would make lead dust a hazard, shorten the time frame for correcting violations from about eight months to about two, add regulations for schools, playgrounds and day care centers and make it easier for lead poisoning victims to sue their landlords.
Rubatex Rubber But opponents say that the current law, passed in 1999, has been a huge success, and they questioned nearly every element of the report.
Rubatex Tape Frank P. Ricci, director of government affairs for the Rent Stabilization Association, a landlord group, said that the report was irrelevant because it relied on data collected mainly before the current law went into effect and included reports of low and moderate levels of exposure.
By Diane Cardwell
New York Times - 6/14/2002
Topic: Toxics
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