Integrity vs. Profit...

A client of ours is trying to close out some cases by the end of September. She had asked us to do a number of lead clearance exams so she could finish the cases. One of the cases was a 12 unit apartment building. So after some finagling (Pat and I were suppose to go to a conference in Maryland, but canceled so we could get this job done) we got the lead clearance exam scheduled for the 12 unit apartment building. A...

Title X HUD and EPA Lead Disclosure Law (1018)...

Disclosure Pamphlet This article is meant to inform the public about the different types of lead testing services that we can provide.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) require the seller of a home to disclose any information the seller has regarding the presence of lead in homes constructed prior to 1978.  The entire EPA lead disclosure law with...

Terrible Two’s or Lead Poisoning?...

Recently, I was performing a lead risk assessment somewhere in Central New York.  It was the grandmother who owned the home.  Her son and his children lived with her.  She had been trying to find a daycare to take care of the two year old during the day.  She was a cute little tyke but a handful to say the least.  So far the daycare centers she had approached wouldn’t take her.  Either they were too full or the little...