International Business News - Paint http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch announced Monday that cleanup of up to 600 housing units contaminated by lead paint is now going out to bid and said the work would target properties in poorer neighborhoods of the state and should be finished within three years. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/ri-attorney-general-announces-lead-paint-cleanup.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:56:37 EDT A lawyer for Rhode Island said Friday that three former lead paint companies should not be allowed to recoup costs from a nine-year legal fight with the state that ended last month in their favor. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/lawyers-in-r-i-lead-paint-case-argue-court-costs.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:57:53 EDT Three former lead paint companies want to be reimbursed for some of the costs of defending against a public nuisance lawsuit filed by the state of Rhode Island. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/ex-lead-paint-firms-seek-reimbursements-after-suit.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:58:16 EDT A New York state report says a maintenance man who earned $100,000 last year working at a psychiatric center has been living for free in a paint shed on company grounds and even had his mail delivered there. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/ny-man-earning-100k-lived-in-company-paint-shed.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:09:20 EDT A New York state report says a maintenance man who earned $100,000 last year working at a psychiatric center has been living for free in a paint shed on company grounds and even had his mail delivered there. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/psychiatric-worker-accused-of-living-in-paint-shed.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:15:46 EDT The city has dropped a lawsuit against Sherwin-Williams Co. and other companies that once made lead paint. A decision last week by the Rhode Island Supreme Court to overturn a landmark jury verdict left Columbus without a legal foundation to proceed, Assistant City Attorney Glenn Redick said Wednesday. The jury there had found three former lead paint companies responsible for creating a public nuisance, and the Rhode Island decision reversed that. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/columbus-drops-lead-paint-lawsuit.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:42:16 EDT Communities and child health advocates around the country had pinned their hopes on Rhode Island prevailing in its landmark lawsuit against the lead paint industry. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/r-i-lead-paint-loss-gives-industry-huge-win.htm Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:22:27 EDT Health advocates and Rhode Island officials say it will be much harder to eliminate childhood lead poisoning after the state Supreme Court overturned a landmark jury verdict that could have led to a multibillion-dollar cleanup of lead paint. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/84673-lead-paint-lawsuit.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/r-i-lead-paint-ruling-ends-hope-of-costly-cleanup.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/r-i-lead-paint-ruling-ends-hope-of-costly-cleanup.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:53:17 EDT Rhode Island's Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a first-in-the-nation jury verdict that found three former lead paint companies responsible for creating a public nuisance, rejecting a closely watched case that had been seen as a bellwether for potential suits across the country. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/r-i-high-court-overturns-lead-paint-verdict.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:00:54 EDT Three companies that once produced lead paint and were found liable for creating a public nuisance argued before Rhode Island's highest court on Thursday that the verdict should be overturned. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/lead-paint-companies-appeal-rhode-island-verdict.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 17:29:17 EDT Arguments are under way before the Rhode Island Supreme Court over a landmark jury verdict that could cost former lead paint companies billions of dollars in cleanup costs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/r-i-high-court-hears-arguments-in-lead-paint-case.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 11:16:26 EDT Three companies that once made lead paint have spent nearly a decade fighting off a lawsuit that could force them to pay billions to clean up contaminated properties. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/high-stakes-lead-paint-case-to-r-i-supreme-court.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 10:34:11 EDT Federal environmental regulators say a paint and stain manufacturer in Newburyport has paid a $266,800 penalty for selling products containing chemicals that had not been properly registered. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/paint-stain-maker-valspar-penalized-by-epa.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 12:55:32 EDT Contractors will have to take additional precautions when renovating buildings where children could be exposed to lead dust from old paint, the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080331/epa-issues-new-rules-on-lead-paint.htm Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:11:46 EDT Contractors will have to take additional precautions when renovating buildings where children could be exposed to lead dust from old paint, the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080331/new-lead-paint-rule-issued.htm Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:05:39 EDT Contractors will soon have to take additional precautions to protect children from lead-based paint when renovating older buildings. The Environmental Protection Agency has announced new work place standards for renovating old homes where children or pregnant women live, and in older buildings that house child-care centers or schools. The requirement will be for structures built before 1978. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080331/new-lead-paint-rule.htm Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:23:35 EDT A landmark jury verdict that could cost three former lead paint manufacturers billions of dollars is based on "old and well-established" law and should be upheld, lawyers for the state of Rhode Island told the state's highest court in legal papers filed Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080317/r-i-court-weighs-lead-paint-verdict.htm Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:23:17 EDT Attorney General Patrick Lynch said Tuesday that six organizations would receive a total of $1.2 million to fight lead poisoning _ the first money distributed from a multi-million dollar donation pledged by DuPont Co. more than two years ago to resolve a lawsuit from the state. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071218/r-i-distributes-lead-paint-funding.htm Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:29:56 EST A state plan that would force three former lead paint manufacturers to pay $2.4 billion to clean up tens of thousands of homes containing the toxic substance is unworkable, overly broad and could even put children at risk, the companies argued Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071217/response-filed-to-r-i-lead-paint-plan.htm Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:49:43 EST Specialty chemicals maker Rohm and Haas Co. said Friday its paint and coatings materials business is boosting prices for vinyl acetate-based emulsions due to higher raw material prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071214/rohm-and-haas-raises-emulsions-prices.htm Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:53:00 EST