Pawtucket apartment complex owner fined $25K for violating lead paint guidelines
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WLNE) — The United States Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that the owner of a Pawtucket apartment complex had to pay a $25,000 fine after failing to properly renovate surfaces covered with lead paint. The EPA said that American Wire Residential Lofts was not a Rhode Island Lead Hazard Control licensed firm. The […]
Money begins to come in for local governments to address lead poisoning
For decades, city leaders in Cleveland have tried to take action to deal with the complex problem of childhood lead poisoning — mostly from lead paint in the housing stock and not as much from water pipes — and have viewed any potential solutions as complex and expensive. Back in 2019, Cleveland Councilman Blaine Griffin […]
Syracuse landlord shut down for lead paint violations, must pay $215k in deal with AG
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced an agreement resolving her lawsuit against Syracuse landlord John Kiggins and his company, Endzone Properties, Inc. for failing to protect children from lead paint hazards in Syracuse. The attorney general’s lawsuit, filed in October 2021, alleged that Kiggins and Endzone endangered the health of its tenants, […]
Cleveland City Council approves spending $17 million for lead safety in homes: Stimulus Watch
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland is one step closer to making homes throught the city safe from toxic lead. City Council on Monday night approved chipping in $17 million in American Rescue Plan Act money make homes lead-safe. Lead causes sickness, behavioral issues kidney and brain damage in exposed children. “We’re talking about our kids and our […]
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, […]