
Call Eggan Enviromental about Lead Paint Hazzards, lead testing, lead-based paint, childhood lead poisoning, risk assessments, and related compliance and issues regarding worker safety.
Lead paint hazzards are likely to be found in homes built before 1978 where the paint could contain lead. Lead based paint that is in good condition is usually not a hazzard. However, lead dust and peeling, chipping, or cracking lead-based paint poses a serious health hazzard. When remodeling, lead paint dust can pose a health hazzard.
Each of the lead paint hazzards removal methods - sandpaper, scrapers, and chemicals are not completely safe methods for "do-it-yourself" removal of lead-based paint, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
What are the effects of Lead paint hazzards? While exposure to lead is harmful to adults, it is extremely dangerous for young children and babies (even before they are born).
According to the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "Lead is recognized as one of the most significant environmental health threats to American children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that almost 1,000,000 American children under the age of six have elevated blood lead levels. According to the American Association of Pediatrics, lead can damage the brain and nervous system, and even a low level of lead exposure can cause learning disabilities, hearing loss, speech, language and behavioral problems, and other serious health effects." Children under six years of age are often exposed to lead poisoning when they eat or touch their mouths without first washing their hands. Recent scientific research indicates that even very small quantities of lead can seriously impair brain development in young children. Lead is most dangerous to children under the age of six.
Failure to comply with increasingly complex lead regulations can result in regulatory action, especially if there is a potential for tenants to be exposed to lead paint hazzards.
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