Lead Based Paint
Buffalo’s Lead Paint Inspection Program is Unsustainable, Commissioner Says
Buffalo News by Diedre Williams Buffalo, NY – Three years ago when Buffalo launched a Proactive Rental Inspections program, it was the city’s latest attempt to solve a lead poisoning problem that has plagued Buffalo’s old housing stock for decades. Mayor Byron W. Brown said it would help the city identify lead paint contamination and correct…
Read MoreTesting for Lead in Kids’ Bones Reveals Evidence of Long-Term Damage a Blood Test Might Miss
Indiana Public Radio by Rebecca Thiele Marion County, IN – When it comes to spotting lead poisoning, blood tests might not be enough. Tests on children at an Indianapolis charter school show evidence of long-term damage from lead could be hiding in kids’ bones. Kids at Genius School were tested for lead. While none of…
Read MoreCourt Requires Havenbrook Homes’ Landlord to Remediate Resident’s Exposure to Lead Paint
WCCO News Minneapolis, MN – A court approved the state’s motion to require the landlord of Havenbrook Homes to stop exposing its tenants to lead paint in rental homes on Thursday. Progress Residential Management Services LLC is the company that owns and operates Havenbrook Homes. The company owns about 500 single-family residential properties throughout the Greater Minneapolis–Saint Paul…
Read MoreEPA Penalizes Home Renovators in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska for Lead-Based Paint Violations
EPA LENEXA, KAN. (NOV. 14, 2023) – Five Midwest home renovation companies have agreed to pay over $38,000 collectively in penalties to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resolve alleged violations of the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA has found that the following companies failed to comply with regulations that reduce the…
Read MoreA New Study Says the Global Toll of Lead Exposure is Even Worse Than We Thought
NPR by Nicole Estvanik Taylor International – On the World Health Organization’s list of 10 chemicals of major public health concern, lead is a familiar villain. Its most widely publicized health impact is neurological damage in children, often measured in the loss of intelligence quotient (IQ) points. But lead’s pernicious effects don’t stop in childhood nor…
Read MoreProposed Revisions to the Laboratory Quality Systems Requirements Under the National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program, Notice of Availability and Request for Comment
EPA The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of and soliciting comment on proposed revisions to EPA’s document titled “Laboratory Quality System Requirements (LQSR) Revision 3.0” dated November 5, 2007, under the National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program (NLLAP). Proposed revisions reflected in the draft document titled, “Laboratory Quality Standards for Recognition” (LQSR 4.0),”…
Read MoreNew Report Reveals Unexpected Source of Lead Contamination
TCD by Brittany Davies National – Abandoned telephone cables are contaminating soil and waterways throughout the U.S. with toxic lead, according to an in-depth report from the Wall Street Journal. The investigation, which has since been partly disputed by the EPA in response to the WSJ report, found thousands of lead-covered cables left behind by major telecom…
Read MoreEPA to Strengthen Lead Protections in Drinking Water After Multiple Crises, Including Flint
Associated Press Washington, DC About four decades ago, when the Environmental Protection Agency was first trying to figure out what to do about lead in drinking water, Ronnie Levin quantified its damage: Roughly 40 million people drank water with dangerous levels of lead, degrading the intelligence of thousands of kids. But new regulations were going to…
Read MoreHUD’s National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2023
HUD National The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) joins its federal agency partners in highlighting National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW), October 22-28, 2023. HUD, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), are working to raise awareness, provide resources, and encourage preventive actions to decrease…
Read MoreEPA Determines that Lead Emissions from Aircraft Engines Cause or Contribute to Air Pollution
EPA Washington, DC EPA announced its final determination that emissions of lead from aircraft that operate on leaded fuel cause or contribute to air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health and welfare under the Clean Air Act. “The science is clear: exposure to lead can cause irreversible and life-long health effects in…
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