EPA is cracking down on RRP violators
What does the RRP Rule Require. The RRP Rule applies to all individuals or firms performing renovation, repair, and/or painting projects that disturb painted surfaces in pre-1978 residential homes, schools, and childcare centers for compensation. Individuals or firms may include painters, carpenters, window replacement companies, remodelers, plumbers, electricians, and landlords/property managers who conduct their own […]
New York AG suing Buffalo landlord for not addressing lead paint hazards
BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against Buffalo landlord for allegedly failing to address lead-based paint hazards in numerous properties in East Buffalo. Raiszadeh Group, owned by Farhad Raiszadeh and his wife Shohre Zahedi, have been cited for lead paint hazard violations at 47 of their 75 properties. […]
Lead Paint Removal in Chicago Apartments Is a Costly Need
https://www.pbs.org/video/lead-paint-removal-chicago-apartments-costly-need-jwgxs3/ excellent video from NPR.
United States Enters Into Consent Decrees With Principals Of CISNE NY Construction, Inc. For Violating Lead Paint Safety Rules
Defendants Admit Violations and Agree to Injunctive Relief and to Pay Civil Penalties Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Lisa F. Garcia, the Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), announced today that the United States entered into Consent Decrees settling a civil lawsuit against […]
Four out of five rentals have yet to comply as Cleveland’s lead-safe law enters next chapte
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Two years into the city of Cleveland’s efforts to proactively fight child lead-poisoning, roughly 80% of rental units haven’t been certified as lead-safe. Meanwhile, the city has begun testing its landmark 2019 lead law in housing court, issuing a handful of citations to negligent property owners in hopes of finding the right […]
Toxic pollutants can build up inside our homes. Here are 8 ways to reduce the risks
We know everything in our homes gathers dust. What you probably don’t know is whether there are toxic contaminants in your house dust, and where these might come from. Our newly published research found most of the dust inside homes came from outside and contains potentially toxic trace metals such as lead, arsenic and chromium. Worryingly, we […]
One of Rhode Island’s top ‘slumlords’ receives a Sunday morning wake up call
https://upriseri.com/one-of-rhode-islands-top-slumlords-receives-a-sunday-morning-wake-up-call/ About a dozen people approached the home of Anurag Sureka in an upscale neighborhood cul de sac in Walpole, Massachusetts on Sunday morning, holding signs that said, among other things, “Happy 20th Anniversary to Two of RI’s Top Slumlords” and “A Slumlord Lives Here.” They were there to deliver 25 or so letters, to Sureka from […]
EPA fines 22 home renovators and contractors for lead-based paint safety violations in Idaho and Washington
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 10 has reached settlements with 22 residential home renovators in Idaho and Washington for violations of federal lead-based paint regulations. EPA’s compliance and enforcement program also conducted 137 inspections of home renovation contractors, the highest number of inspections the region has completed in previous years, half of which were […]
Abatement Isn’t a Piggybank for Nuisance Plaintiffs
Covington attorneys examine how plaintiff’s attorneys are bringing cases under the public nuisance doctrine to address various social problems, from environmental cleanup to the opioid crisis. They say recent court decisions rejecting sweeping abatement relief may have the effect of narrowing plaintiffs’ claims. In courts across the US, parties are disputing whether the public nuisance […]
Study finds link between racial segregation, lead exposure
Black students in North Carolina were more likely to be exposed to lead in racially segregated neighborhoods — one factors associated with dragging down their test scores in reading. Driving the news: A new study by Duke University researchers, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, included surveys of 25,000 North Carolina fourth graders. But the findings […]