Deteriorating lead-based paint (peeling, chipping, chalking, cracking, or damaged paint) is a hazard and needs attention. Lead dust can form when lead-based paint is scraped, sanded, or heated.

Banned for 46 years, but still a heath hazard Lead-based paint was banned in 1978. The EPA estimates, however, that as many as 31 million housing units − single-family homes and multi-unit ...

Lead paint was banned by the U.S. government in 1978, but that isn’t stopping someone from advocating for lead paint in 2024. That someone is TikTok creator @fightingforourfreedom2.0, who got ...

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 ...

Fort Bragg officials are addressing concerns about lead paint in on-post housing. Corvias, Fort Bragg's housing partner, states they are complying with EPA guidelines regarding lead-based paint.

MPS has more than 100 schools built before 1978, when lead paint was banned. The district assumes they all have lead-based paint. It’s considered safe as long as it’s contained.

Carlin selected “lead-based paint disclosures do not apply because this property was built on or after January 1, 1978” on the form, authorities said.

The problem with testing for lead at home is that most tests on the market have a high cost per test, and they’re time-consuming and fiddly (requiring swabs, pipettes, or test tubes). They can ...

The newspaper found that more than $21 million in federal funding has come to the city since 1997 to combat lead-based paint in homes, and that money has been used to deal with lead-based paint ...

The lawsuit said that CHA had known the property had lead-based paint since 1992 and faced code violations by the city in the early 2000s because of the hazard. Shanna Jordan and Morgan Collins ...

Banned for 46 years, but still a heath hazard Lead-based paint was banned in 1978. The EPA estimates, however, that as many as 31 million housing units − single-family homes and multi-unit ...

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 ...