PART 1. Paralysis and the Abject Failure to Address Lead Paint Before 1985 1. Banning Lead Paint: The Missed Opportunity 2. Early Failures and the Seeds of Success
PART 2. Breaking the Barriers to Progress (1986-2001) 3. Solutions Take Shape: The Lead Paint Title X Law 4. Growing Pains: New Regulations, Enforcement, Local Capacity and Proof Emerge 5. The Nation Acts: Community Organizing, a 10-Year Solution from the President's Cabinet, and Political Sabotage 6. Research Ethics and The Grimes Court Case
PART 3. The New Consensus (2001-2020) 7. If You Make a Mess, You Have to Clean It Up: The Rhode Island and California Court Decisions 8. The US and International Healthy Homes Movement 9. Reframing Health, Environment and Housing 10. Conclusion: The Triumph of Science and Citizen Action over Policy Paralysis