Lead Articles

'Safe' Lead Levels Lower IQ in Children, Study Finds - Los Angeles Times, April 2003

Low Level Lead Exposure May Pose Risks -Wall Street Journal, 9/11/02.

Law Protects Against Lead-Based Paint - Los Angeles Times, April 2003

Contractors Ignore SF's Lead-Paint Hazard Law - City has collected no fines despite issuing 341 citations.

Guide to the Exterior Lead Paint Ordinance - Under San Francisco's Lead Paint Ordinance, uncontrolled dusturbance of exterior lead paint is prohibited!

Lead Hazard Info Resources - Links and phone numbers.

Lead Paint Measures Show Promise - Attorney General Janet Reno called lead paint ``one of the biggest environmental threats facing children today.'' How the 1992 Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act is doing.

Protection Enhanced Against Lead-Paint Exposure - New federal and city laws have substantially widened consumer protection against lead-paint exposure and imposed requirements on building owners and the contractors who paint them.

San Francisco's Lead Paint Violators Face On-Spot Fines - Building inspectors were given the power to impose fines on the spot for careless removal of lead paint from the city's older buildings.

States Criticized on Lax Lead Tests for Poor Youths - Federal investigators say most states are flouting a 1989 law requiring that young children on Medicaid be tested for lead poisoning.