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2. Lead abatement in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Lead paint removal can cost 8 to 15 dollars per square foot. [1] A kit offered by the EPA containing lead test costs 25 dollars. [2] After a house has been discovered to contain lead, its owner has four options they can pursue to prevent lead poisoning: they can encapsulate it, enclose it, remove it or replace the contaminated items.

3. Lead Poisoning in Old Homes: DIYers Beware

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   The risk of lead-based paint from older homes is back in the news, as the government considers tightening the definition of lead poisoning in babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

4. Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act - Wikipedia

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   In 2017, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimated that approximately 35 percent of U.S. homes (37 million) still contain some lead-based paint, a decline from 1990 estimate of 64 million homes with lead paint.

5. Lead abatement - Wikipedia

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   Lead contaminated soil is one of the leading sources of lead poisoning for children in the United States. Soils with lead are especially prominent in urban landscapes and near old homes and child-occupied facilities that were built before 1978 (also known as target housing).

6. My house didn't burn but ash from the L.A. fires fell in my ...

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   Test prices range between $100 and $200, depending on what the tests entail. ... were old enough to have used lead-based paints. ... It tends to stay near the surface, in the top six inches of the ...

7. EPA finalizes stricter rules targeting ‘scourge’ of lead ...

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   Any level of lead paint dust in is considered hazardous, according to new requirements for identifying and cleaning up the harmful dust in certain homes and child-care facilities across the ...

8. Poison Profits -- The Lead Paint Blame Game - The Huffington Post

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   Lead Paint Violations In Homes With Young Children. More than 75 percent of all violations for lead paint conditions in units with children under the age of 6 are found in areas where the poverty rate exceeds the city's average of 21 percent, according to a Huffington Post / WNYC analysis of government data.

9. Lead-based paint in the United States - Wikipedia

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   [6] [7] Airborne lead enters the body by breathing or swallowing lead particles or dust once it has settled. Old lead-based paint is the most significant source of lead exposure in the U.S. [7] [8] Most homes built before 1960 contain heavily leaded paint. Some homes built as recently as 1978 may also contain lead paint. [citation needed]