Pumps' Perplexities

Having been associated or directly involved in the US
painting industry for some 40 years, the issue of lead
paint and children is well known to me........

For the past few years the "tort" lawyers have been
suing the many manufacturers of American paint
claiming that lead in paint products manufactured prior
to 1978 is STILL effecting today's children.......

Agreed that in renovating an old house or structure
care must be taken to reduce the amount of paint dust
that may be created......The paint industry and
renovation contractors are aware of this and do take
precautions..........

But the next time a lawyer tries to take a modern
paint company into court for "lead pollution", I do
hope some defense lawyer plays the Brita Water
Filter TV commercial, which says it will remove 90%
of the LEAD from the water........Or note the recall
of all the Fisher-Price children's toys which are
made in China with an excess of LEAD on their
painted parts.......

Since the "tort" lawyers find no profit in trying to
sue a city water system or a paint company in China
they have to try to sue an US paint company......

Does anyone remember the days when a lawyer tried
to help his client instead of himself, first?......Pumps