Mitigating Childhood Lead Exposure and Disparities: Medicaid and Other Federal Initiatives
Introduction Lead exposure has well-documented long-term health and developmental impacts for children. As evidenced by the Flint Michigan water crisis, one way people may be exposed to lead is through water service lines, but exposure may also occur through other sources of lead in homes and neighborhoods. Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Real estate’s lead-based paint epidemic — decades of damage reaches a boiling point
Duty to disclose lead-based paint hazards Homebuyers look to property managers and real estate professionals to disclose any hazards within a property. And yet, the lead-based paint pandemic continues here in California and across the nation — is the disclosure system broken? In 1978, the federal government banned lead-based paint for residential use. Today, lead-based paint remains […]
Avoiding Lead Paint Renovation Fines
The EPA is serious about compliance, especially when it comes to home renovations containing lead-based paint. “Reducing childhood lead exposure and the associated health impacts is a top priority for EPA,” states an EPA news release. “That’s why EPA inspectors will be working actively in overburdened communities … to encourage greater compliance with the federal Lead Renovation, […]
An Estimated 85,000 Occupied Housing Units In Baltimore Have ‘Dangerous Lead Hazards,’ Report Says
There are an estimated 85,087 occupied housing units in Baltimore with “dangerous lead hazards” — and the total price tag for lead abatement work on those units could be between $2.5 billion and $4.2 billion, according to a recent report from the Abell Foundation. Lead hazard control for all of those units, which the report describes as […]
Known to be toxic for a century, lead still poisons thousands of Midwestern kids
When the pediatrician recommended Lisa Pascoe have her then-toddler tested for lead poisoning, she thought there was no way he could be at risk. Everything in her St. Louis, Mo., home had been remodeled. But then the nurse called to say her son’s blood lead level was dangerously high — five times the level federal […]
Can greenspaces mitigate lead exposure? A new study aims to find out
What was once an abandoned lot on Indianapolis’ Far Eastside is now home to newly planted trees, vegetable beds and walking paths. The rehabbed lot is part of a pilot project and research study to determine if transforming these spaces can mitigate lead exposure. The study, led by researchers at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, […]
Known To Be Toxic for a Century, Lead Still Poisons Thousands of Midwestern Kids
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HGTV’s ‘Good Bones’ Settles US EPA Action, Accepts $40K Fines For Lead Paint Violations
The stars of HGTV’s popular Good Bones renovation series have been ordered to get the lead out. The US Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that it had reached a settlement with” Two Chicks and a Hammer, Inc.”— the company founded by mother-daughter duo Karen E. Laine and Mina Starsiak Hawk. The settlement indicates they allegedly violated a federal lead paint […]
As case proceeded without him, landlord sold houses where 29 children suffered lead poisoning
For the couple of years that Kern Khan has lived in Angel Dalfin’s rental property, he has been treated the same way Dalfin has responded to judges, prosecutors and lead-based paint inspectors: ignored. No one’s tried to collect rent in over a year at the home on the 900 block of Northampton Street. Half of […]
Insurers Found Liable for $101 Million Payment into Lead Paint Abatement Fund
Taking a calculated risk by selling a hazardous product isn’t the same as intentionally causing harm. For that reason, insurers must cover a court judgment that requires the company that sold Dutch Boy lead paint to pay $101 million into a California abatement fund, a New York appellate court ruled on March 24. The 1st […]