If your house tested positive for lead, make sure to test both the inside and outside painted surfaces for lead-based paint. Often, if one side of your house tested positive, they both tend to have lead paint. In this [...]
The lead test consists of a home swab test, a lab test, and an XRF Device. Home Testing (swab): There are different types of home lead tests. Pens used to wipe across the wall and identify lead aren't the most [...]
Children are at the highest risk, as their growing bodies absorb more lead than adults, and their brains and nervous systems are more sensitive to lead’s damaging effects. Since children often put their hands and other objects in their [...]
Lead paint is dangerous because when it is absorbed into the body, either through inhaling fumes and dust of lead-contaminated objects, eating paint chips, or playing in lead-contaminated soil it can cause damage to the brain, organs, kidneys, nerves, [...]
Lead renovation is a highly specialized process that is designed to offer a final solution to lead hazards. While RRP (renovation, repair, and painting) activities include slightly disturbing lead paint in conjunction with a larger scope of work like [...]
Whether you can use lead-free paint to paint over lead-based paint depends on if the house is fully encapsulated. Once the paint starts to deteriorate, the risk of lead dust spreading is probable and you should no longer paint [...]
Lead paint stopped being used on houses in 1978 when the EPA banned consumer use of paint containing lead. The lead from paint, including lead-contaminated dust, is one of the most common causes of lead poisoning. [...]
Often we get asked, "What is Lead-Based Paint?" Lead is a toxic metal that can cause serious health problems if it's ingested or if dust containing lead is inhaled. Up until 1978, when federal regulations restricted the use of [...]