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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 contamination in Oakland - Wikipedia

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   Lead-based paints were commonly used in Oakland until its ban in 1978, and as many as 85,000 still extant houses built in Oakland in that time period likely used lead paint. [13] Paint chips or dust from pre-1978 paint contributes greatly to lead pollution in Oakland. [ 6 ]

4. How to test for lead paint in your home and what to do if you ...

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   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, oil-based paints will crack in a distinctive alligator scale-like ...

5. Lead abatement - Wikipedia

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   There are various lead abatement techniques to remove residential lead-based paint and lead in household dusts. Encapsulation and enclosure makes the hazard of lead-based paint inaccessible, while chemical stripping, removal of abrasives, scraping with the hand, and component replacement are effective in permanently removing lead-based paints from households. [5]

6. A renovation next door left lead paint chips in this family's ...

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   Lead paint removal project was mishandled from the start, DHS records show. According to its website, Thoughtful Craftsmen has more than 20 years of experience restoring old homes.

7. 'We are a high-risk jurisdiction:' Why lead paint problems ...

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   Rusmir Kahrimanovic, 52, is the founder of Erie's Rules Construction LLC, owned by his wife Meliha. The company has been handling lead-based paint abatement in the city of Erie for more than a ...

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

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   Lead-based paint inspections will evaluate all painted surfaces in a complex to determine where lead-based paint, if any, is present. The procedures for lead inspections is outlined in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Guidelines, Chapter 7, 1997 Revision. The other testing is a lead-based paint risk assessment.

9. Poison Profits -- The Lead Paint Blame Game

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   From that month through January 2016, HPD issued more than 10,000 violations for dangerous lead paint conditions in units with children under 6, the age group most at risk of ingesting toxic paint. Half of the violations were in just 10 percent of the city’s zip codes, low-income neighborhoods in the Bronx, Brooklyn and northern Manhattan, a ...