Under the EPA/RRP regulations, all contractors MUST inform their customers of the risks for lead exposure. Contractors must also maintain on file records showing that their customers and tenants have been informed. Here is what happens if they do not follow the regs.
EPA lead laws
Hitting the Airwaves
Our own Tamara Myers will be interviewed about lead safety by MyFixItUpLife, a live home-improvement radio show on WCHE 1520AM. Check out her interview on Thursday, April 22, starting at 1 pm, and again on Saturday, April 24, at noon.
Lead PSA film
Most folks are oblivious to it, but new EPA lead regulations that effect anyone who owns, lives in, or works on a home built before 1978 will become effective on 4/22/2010.
Here is a video that will tell you why its important to know about lead
Where Is the Lead?
Today I met the Certified Lead Inspector at our RDA/NSP House. Here are some photos of him and his fancy $15,000 “ray gun” in action.
His gun shoots and captures reflected X rays off the lead content inside the layers of paint to create a lead level reading for that surface. Readings are taken for each surface in every room of the house and outside the house as well. These readings are recorded in the gun, and then downloaded into our project home’s digital file.