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Article: Paint-firm lawsuit urged: Community group wants Akron to renew effort to go after companies that made lead-based paint.
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- Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)
- Article date:
- February 2, 2007
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Byline: John Higgins
Feb. 2--Community activists lobbied Akron City Hall on Thursday afternoon because they want the city to sue Sherwin-Williams of Cleveland other paint companies for causing lead-based paint hazards.
ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, wants Akron to re-file its suit against the paint companies. Canton, Toledo, East Cleveland, Cincinnati, Lancaster and Columbus have all filed similar suits.
Canton's lawsuit says the industry knew lead was toxic as early as 1900, but continued to add the metal to paint and even promoted the product as having health benefits. The federal government banned ...