Environmental & Energy
Oct. 30, 2019
C’mon America: get the lead out and complete the job
Reducing lead exposure levels, particularly in older urban communities, can produce demonstrable and significant social impacts. It is time to complete the job.
Gerald George
Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Email: GeraldGeorge@dwt.com
Gerald is an environmental partner in the firm's San Francisco office. He has practiced environmental law for 30 years, including as head of the U.S. Department of Justice Environmental Enforcement Section field office in San Francisco.
Those of us who live in the real world understand that there are no true "silver bullets" -- single steps that could provide universal and inexpensive health care, control firearms, bring peace to the Middle East, manage immigration. Lawyers in particular recognize that we should not let the "perfect" be the enemy of the "good," foregoing a workable compromise and insisting on a resolution that the other side cannot accept.
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