Is Your Home Built Prior to 1978?

PLANNING ON REMODELING YOUR OLDER HOME?

THIS NEW LAW WILL AFFECT YOU......

New EPA Lead Certification Rule

As of April 22, 2010 the EPA will require individuals conducting lead-based paint activities (abatement, inspection, and risk assessment) in target housing and child-occupied facilities to be trained and certified. This new rule will affect anyone that owns a home built prior to 1978. All remodeling and repairs done in homes where lead based paint is present must now be done by certified contractors.

Learn more by visiting: http://www.epa.gov/lead


Are you concerned about lead paint and how it might affect your family?

Lead from chipping or peeling paint can mix with dust and soil in and around the home making it available for young children to ingest during normal hand-to-mouth play. In addition to chipping and pealing lead paint being a hazard, a freshly remodeled home can also be a danger. In the remodeling process lead dust and lead chips can mix with dust and soil from scraping and sanding old painted surfaces.

Lead paint in home building was not regulated until 1978, so most houses built before 1978 contain some lead-based paint. The older the house the greater the risk is for having lead contamination. Lead-based paint is not dangerous if it is properly cared for.