A new study shows that lead-based paint remains a worldwide threat to public health. Paint containing lead is a major cause of lead poisoning in children.

一项新的研究发现，含铅的油漆仍旧世界范围内危害着公众健康。含有铅的油漆是导致儿童铅中毒的主要原因。

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Port facilities construction and renovation contribute to surface and ground water contamination and air pollution from asbestos, lead-based paint, dust, sediments, PCBs and petroleum hydrocarbons.

港口设施的建设和改造，而造成地下水污染和对空气的污染是来自石棉、含铅的油漆、灰尘、沉淀物、多氯联苯、石油碳氢化合物等。

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The lead based paint might protect it from radiation too!

表面那层漆可能也可以保护（吸收）雷达波！

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A new study shows that lead-based paint remains a worldwide threat to public health.

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He and his team are calling for a worldwide ban on lead-based paint.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

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.

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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.

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