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

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   In the past, lead was added to household paint to increase its drying speed and improve the durability and life of the finish. However, Lead is toxic and is a possible carcinogen. In 1978, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the residential use of lead-based paint containing ≥0.06% lead (600 ppm). [2] [3] [4]

3. 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.

4. Lead paint - Wikipedia

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   In 2018 the State of Delaware banned the use of lead paint on outdoor structures. [36] Also, the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act (a.k.a. the "Lead Paint Act") was created in order to ensure that the disclosure of any lead-based hazards in a building be discussed with potential buyers or renters of units.

5. 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.

6. EPA announces stricter lead paint policies impacting millions ...

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   In a ruling issued Thursday, the EPA is cracking down on lead paint dust that remains in millions of homes and poses a health risk to young children. EPA announces stricter lead paint policies ...

7. California settles decades-long lawsuit over lead paint, but ...

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   When Californian counties and cities first sued paint makers in 2000, they wanted the companies to pay billions to remove dangerous old lead paint from hundreds of thousands of homes. After a 19 ...

8. 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 ...

9. Lead abatement in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Pediatric lead-paint poisoning death from eating crib paint is described. 1921 Tetraethyllead is first used in gasoline. 1921 National Lead Company admits lead is a poison. 1922 League of Nations bans white-lead interior paint; US declines to adopt. 1943 Report concludes eating lead paint chips causes physical and neurological disorders ...