Lead Based Paint Testing

Lead Poisoning You Should Be Aware Of

In the past two and a half years, thousands of workers, villagers and children in at least nine of mainland China’s 31 province-level regions have been found to be suffering from toxic levels of lead exposure, mostly caused by pollution from battery factories and metal smelters. The cases underscore a pattern of government neglect seen in industry after industry as China strives for headlong growth with only poor safeguards. Lead can creep into your body in two ways: inhalation (breathing) and ingestion (eating). You can swallow lead dust if it gets into your food, including drinks. You can swallow lead dust even if you don’t wash your hands before eating your rice and curry meal. Batik designed plates manufactured in Sri Lanka were banned in Australia in the 1970’s due to high lead content. You will remember up till early 2000 the air quality in Sri Lanka’s major cities was deteriorating to the extent that the smoke from belching buses clouded most of the main cities and suburbs. The air was polluted with high levels of lead from lead gasoline and the people walking on the roads, waiting for their buses at the bus stands were inhaling large volumes of this polluted air with no hapless concern. There were many children admitted to our hospitals with behavior problems, and many adults unfit to work in their workplaces. On most city roads the three wheelers have almost taken over the roads and parking lots. They are a menace to other vehicle drivers, but transport community service they render is immeasurable. These two stroke engines fitted in them, emit substantial quantities of hydrocarbons (HC), carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matter. These pollutants have significant adverse health effects and deteriorate environmental quality. The contribution to urban air pollution where these vehicles are in use has become an increasingly common phenomenon.  This is especially noticed in densely populated areas in towns and villages relying on two-wheel vehicles as an essential means of transportation. The government did put a ban on two stroke engine three wheelers a few years back; stopping imports by year 2012, but will allow the existing ones to run on the roads. Most three wheelers now use lead free high octane gasoline, but it is unlikely that the pollution level will be eased. The buses and vans, including trains are the other culprits polluting our air.

Lead Based Paint- To Test or Not To Test » Hiline Builders Inc ...

As of October 2010, the EPA requires all contractors who work on homes built prior to 1978 to become certified lead based paint renovators. This requires them to enroll in an 8 hour course that teaches us how to contain all areas where demolition is being done and how to dispose of construction demolition materials. Following completion and passing of the course an application is sent in to the EPA for approval It’s important to note that in California the Contractor is not allowed to do the actual testing but instead must hire a risk assessor to test and provide all of the required documentation. Most other states allow testing to be done by the Contractor with approved test kits. As mentioned earlier, all test results must be documented along with photos of areas tested, method of testing, and results found. At times following the guidelines set forth by the EPA for demolition can not only add significant expense to the project, but might also create some minor inconveniences. For example, once the area to be worked on is contained, i.e.,sealed in plastic with all openings blocked off and the required signage in place, the homeowner is not allowed into the contained area. So, in effect, if the demolition is to be ongoing for days or weeks, and the only access to the upstairs bedrooms is from the contained area, you would be forced to move out until the demolition is completed. Obviously a very costly endeavor that could shelf the project entirely. One of the reasons Contractors often recommend that homeowners opt out on testing and continue the work as if lead was present is that, as a homeowner selling the property, you are required by law to disclose that testing was done and the home tested positive for the presence of lead, (if results are positive). This could obviously have an effect on the sale of your property. In reality though, anyone buying an older home should be aware that there is a likelihood of lead being present. More so the older the home is. So, with that being said, I would be hesitant to offer a recommendation either way but any given situation would require evaluation as to-

Is the area being contained an area that we can sacrifice it’s use for the given time frame. Do we plan on ever selling the home. Would we rather have the comfort of knowing if lead based paint is or isn’t present vs. never knowing.

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