Editorial: Paint companies poisoned people with lead additives. Now they want a billion-dollar bailout
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
May 30, 2018
3 minutes
This isn't the first time Californians have faced a misleading, self-serving ballot initiative bankrolled by special interests. But the chutzpah behind the Healthy Homes and Schools Act sets a new standard.
The initiative was developed by three paint companies - Sherwin-Williams, Conagra and NL Industries - after they lost a nearly two-decade-long legal fight over toxic lead in their products. Late last year, a state appeals court mostly upheld a 2014 trial
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