Press Release from EPA...

Press Release from EPA WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is marking National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week by announcing several actions the agency proposes to take to prevent lead poisoning. Lead poisoning may cause a variety of adverse health effects, including brain and nervous system disorders, high blood pressure, and hypertension. Children six years old and under are most at risk. EPA has issued...

Misconceptions Regarding Lead Based Paint...

I’ve been in the environmental industry for 15 years now.  I took my first class regarding lead based paint in 1995.  Despite this, I can’t convince my mother and my sister that it’s not just children that get lead poisoned and lead poisoning can occur in other ways than eating paint chips.  My mom and my sister are rather intelligent people.  My mom has a bachelor’s degree in history and my sister has a PhD in...

How to Become an EPA Certified Renovator...

There are two ways to become a certified Renovator (Renovation, Remodeling and Painting or EPA RRP The first way is to take the 1-day (8 hour) initial training course from an EPA accredited training provider. Our affiliate, CNY Environmental Institute, Inc., is accredited to provide this course as well as the Renovator Refresher course. Upon successful completion of the course, students are issued their EPA certificate...

What’s the Difference Between a Lead Inspect...

...

Lead Poisoning and Autism...

I arrived on the job site today to perform a lead based paint risk assessment for a client. The owner opened the door to her home as I came up the front stairs. The owner, a mother of two, stood there nervously as I got my equipment ready and went into my talk about what I was going to do while there. She told me that the whole house was full of lead. She stood there on edge as she told me her child had been lead poisoned...

Lead Clearance Examination – Capstone of Lea...

The ultimate goal of any lead abatement project is the permanent elimination of all lead hazards.  The final evaluation of the lead abatement project is a clearance examination.  Most people think only of deteriorated paint when they hear someone talking about lead abatement.  While paint that is in poor condition can certainly be an issue, it is well documented that the lead contaminated dust is the most common cause for...

Lead in Candy or Candy Wrappers?...

With Halloween fast approaching, I thought it might be a good time to bring up the possibility of lead in candy or candy wrappers.  When I was a little kid, Halloween was big with my family.  My dad would invent cemeteries in our front yard with scary scenes of floating ghosts and an ax murderer bobbing the head of hiss victim while “blood” spurted from the decapitated body.  This was before the time you could...

2008 National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week...

October 19-25, 2008 Lead Safe can guide you safely through the renovation process! This year’s theme is, “Let’s Wipe Out Lead Poisoning–Renovate Right!” and reflects our commitment to ensuring that all homes are made lead-safe for children, especially during home renovation. As part of National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, many states and communities plan to offer free lead screening, and to...

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...