Sometimes the simplest reforms are the hardest to get. The Michigan Legislature is about to send to the Governor a three-page bill making it a crime knowingly to rent lead-contaminated housing. It should have been a crime since 1978, when lead in indoor paint was banned. But at least this law may deter future poisonings. There are believed to be more than 20,000 "officially" lead-poisoned kids in Michigan, and thousands more with levels of lead that don't meet the official standard but are associated with health risks.
Here's the bill:
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/billconcurred/senate/pdf/2003-SCB-0757.pdf
Posted by Dave at December 1, 2004 11:23 AM