Was your house or apartment built before 1978? If it was, there may be lead-based paint on the inside and out. That could pose a serious risk of lead poisoning, especially if you’re pregnant or ...

Where does it come from? Lead-based paint. This is the main cause of lead poisoning. The federal government outlawed lead-based paint for use in new homes in 1978. But it can still be found in ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) developed standards and guidelines to eliminate lead-based paint ...

While the United States has banned the sale of lead-based paint since 1978, federal rules still allowed for some low-level exposure from paint applied before that. The new proposal would update ...

"That positive reading means lead based paint is here," Grant said. The good news is that it was outdoors. But Grant says that indoors, even safe latex paint can wear off, revealing old lead paint ...

but testing and awareness of lead poisoning have sharply declined in the decades since lead-based paint was banned in the U.S. Kwmisha Adams applies a lead paint testing spray to a support beam in ...

Languages: English. President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced new standards that place strict limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and child-care facilities.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it had finalized a new set of requirements aimed at eliminating lead-based paint dust from older homes and childcare facilities.

Decades-old window framing. Flaking paint on front porches. Kahrimanovic is fully aware of the dangers that lead-based paint can cause. He's seen the data. Lead is a toxic metal. Exposure to ...

The city of Erie’s rental registration program currently does not require units to be tested for the presence of lead-based paint. Aaron Snippert, the executive director of the Erie ...

Milwaukee Public Schools rapidly step up remediation of lead paint hazards, especially in buildings built before 1950, when use of lead-based paint started to decline. Health officials have found ...

A Helena real estate agent and property manager who admitted to failing to provide lead-based paint disclosures as required to veterans living in housing at Fort Harrison, which resulted in the ...