Lead menace
a unique lawsuit was filed in the us two months ago . The state of Rhode Island indicted eight paint manufacturers for risking citizens' health by exposing them to lead via household paints.
Lead is used as a pigment in paints. It also enhances their consistency and durability. Lead usage accounts for nearly one-third of the total paint production cost.
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island's attorney-general, invoked the doctrine of
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