Environmental Protection Agency has suggested new criteria for contractors and construction professionals when working in houses that have lead-based paint. EPA has suggested the prohibition of renovation activities ...
"There is no safe level of lead," said Michal Freedhoff, EPA's assistant administrator for chemical safety and pollution prevention. The new rule will bring the United States "closer to eradicating lead-based paint hazards from homes and child care facilities once and for all," she said. The...
EPA proposes lead paint rule.EPA proposes lead paint rule.Reports on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule for lead-based paint activities. Requirement of training for those who work with lead-based paint; Need for a qualified and properly trained workforce to assist in the eliminatio...
“There is no safe level of lead,” said Michal Freedhoff, EPA’s assistant administrator for chemical safety and pollution prevention. The new rule will bring the United States “closer to eradicating lead-based paint hazards from homes and child care facilities once and for all,” she said....
Lead-based paint is often identified when a child is found to have high levels of lead in their blood. In these instances, the EPArequiresthat the hazard be cleaned up and the area tested to ensure that levels of lead paint dust don’t exceed certain limits. ...
EPA discovered violations of the lead-based paint regulations during inspections conducted in Springfield last year and determined that most of the properties being renovated were in communities already affected by pollution exposure. EPA is strengthening enforcement in such communities to address dispropo...
“This is a leap forward in the country’s long-delayed efforts to eliminate lead exposures in millions of residences and childcare facilities that still have lead-based paint,” Gartner added. The Trump administration had alsotightened lead dust rules, butenvironmentalists saidat t...
chemical spot-test kit or other approved method to determine if LBP is present. Alternatively, EPA-accredited, state-licensed Lead-Based Paint Inspectors can perform lead-based paint assessments using a hand-held XRF analyzer, which provides instant results without causing damage to the painted ...
EPA Proposes Changes to Lead RuleTHURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2015Lead-safe training requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule could be eased under proposed revisions. Specifically, renovators of lead-based paint laden homes, child-care facilities, and ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks after setting a nationwide deadline for removal of lead pipes, the Biden administration is imposing strict new limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and child-care facilities.