Federal law requires sellers and landlords to inform homebuyers of lead-based paint hazards before a sale or lease. This includes providing buyers with an EPA-approved pamphlet that discusses ...

Feb. 11: A city lead risk assessment for Golda Meir found widespread hazards, with chipping lead-based paint and lead dust spread throughout four floors and common areas of the school.

Lead poisoning is a silent but serious health hazard that continues to affect families across the country, especially those ...

To get a sense of how lead paint is being handled in Milwaukee Public Schools, the Journal Sentinel requested a year of the district’s paint-related work orders, from February 2024 to February ...

Here's what to know about lead paint hazards in the home: Lead was often mixed into oil-based paints before 1978, the year lead paint was banned for residential use in the U.S. Over time ...

If lead-based paint hazards are identified, then the owner of the property is required to remediate the hazards through abatement or lead-based paint hazard control mechanisms.

but lead-based paint wasn’t banned until 1978, so for any house built before that, there’s a good chance there’s lead.” To combat those hazards, the federal government has provided $6 ...

Anything built before 1978 is at-risk for lead-based paint. Around 42% of housing stock in the city of Erie predates World War II, according to 2020 American Community Survey census data.

Erie County’s lead problem can be an understandable concern among homebuyers. According to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Erie, Erie County has the 10th-most annual child lead ...