Some of the older pigments are lead-based and difficult to acquire because of EU health-and-safety regulations.
Three of four lead-based figures were taken from a park where they had stood since 1926.
Moreover, if history provides any indication, choking on toys is a far greater hazard for children than lead-based toys.
Yes that's right, the base metal element lead, Pb, or more exactly the lead-based chemical compound Pb(CH2CH3)4 added to petrol to make car engines run more smoothly.
But although the new boron-based glaze now costs only a third as much as the traditional lead-based mix, getting people to change a centuries-old tradition is not easy, says Eduardo Berrocal of Fonart.
Its roots go back to 1998, when Ron Motley, a South Carolina lawyer and veteran of the tobacco settlements, met state attorneys-general and identified lead-based paint as a promising area for public litigation.
The crime waves that afflicted many parts of the world and then, against all predictions, collapsed, were ascribed, in an article published by Mother Jones last week, to the rise and fall in the use of lead-based paint and leaded petrol.
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It could take millions to fix up the structure to your and the government's liking. (Watch for asbestos and lead-based paint.) You'll also need money for insurance, and that includes liability insurance for the rabid lighthouse fans that will show up wanting to climb the lighthouse tower.
" By the early 20th century Sherwin was making paint with lead-based pigment, even after the company published an article in 1904 warning that "white lead is poisonous in a large degree, both for the workmen and for the inhabitants of a house painted with white lead colors.
Curiously, Rhode Island is also one of the few states where the attorney-general has not endorsed moves by the paint industry to minimise the chance of lead poisoning by publishing warnings and providing training on how to deal with surfaces that may have been coated with lead-based paint.
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Digitally, there was a robust push that included lead-generation email programs, registration-based webinars, SEO, PPC and social media.
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Former president of CBS Network Television Entertainment Group to lead new Los Angeles-based production studio and serve as a key liaison for Microsoft entertainment initiatives.
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Liberal Democrat peer and chairman of the Red Squirrel Protection Partnership Lord Redesdale announced that he was willing to lead a "community-based bid" to acquire Kielder Forest, the largest plantation in England.
Chairman Giles Clarke is adamant that any form of EPL will not follow India's lead of city or regional-based franchises and will instead look to accommodate the 18 first-class counties.
Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, have taken the lead by introducing legislation that would fund sector-based partnerships that train workers for emerging and understaffed industries.
This goal - which is the central component of Olmert's appeasement-based mind-set - required him to lead his colleagues and subordinates in ignoring certain basic facts about Fatah.
Michael Dell will continue to lead the Round Rock, Texas-based company as chairman and CEO, with the current leadership team.
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My hope is that you will consider each item and think about how it might help you lead a more comfortable and values-based life.
Sharks fly-half Gaffie du Toit scored after a sweeping move downfield as the Durban-based side built a 17-9 half-time lead.
The microgrid comprises eight 100-kW grid-tied inverters, the rooftop PV array, the lead-acid battery pack, backup diesel generators, and a Web-based monitoring and control system.
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In 2010, U.S.-based companies recaptured the lead for the total number of U.S. patents granted after falling behind foreign companies for the previous two years, according to rankings released yesterday by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services, a division of Fairview Research, of global companies awarded the most U.S. patents in 2010.
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Instead of focusing on real, meaning-based relevancy, they supplement their keyword-based algorithms by counting the number of links that lead to a page and factoring the page's popularity into its placement in search results.
Padval describes the capital-efficient technology as based on lead and other chemistries.
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Chelation, from the Greek for "claw, " employs amino-acid-based chemicals that latch onto lead, mercury and other metals, allowing the body to more easily excrete them.
Mobile-based financial services "could lead to a fundamental shift in what we're calling the 'access frontier' for low-income people looking to get banking services, " says Pickens.
The goal is to foster long-term trust-based relationships at multiple levels that lead to higher performance by everyone in the network.
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After his victories in Kansas and Louisiana on Saturday, Huckabee told CNN that despite McCain's healthy lead among pledged delegates -- 697 to 214, based on CNN calculations -- he has no plans to drop out.
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The social-network-based game pits 50 dogs and their owners against each other in various challenges to become the "alpha dog" of their communities -- who will then lead the quest to find 50 hidden virtual dogs by way of other challenges and dog-based activities.
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