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What should you do about lead paint ?
Lead-based paint was applied to about two-thirds of the residential units built before 1940 and to another third of those residential units built between 1940 and 1960 [According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)].
Lead paint tastes sweet , so children (particularly those up to age 6 years) can be poisoned from chewing (ingesting and/or inhaling) flakes, chips and dust from lead paint. Leaded dust is particularly onerous when it is stirred up when lead-based painted woodwork is scraped, sanded, or heated with an open flame stripper. Then it settles in fibers and fabric and gets stirred up again by normal cleaning.
A truly accurate methodology to determine whether your pre-1978-built residential unit has lead-based paint is to remove a sample and have it tested by Maryland lead-certified professionals and /or laboratories.
If lead-based paint is in good condition and there is NO POSSIBILITY that it will be nibbled on by young children, it may in some circumstances be best to leave it alone.. Otherwise, you can cover it over with wallpaper or some other building material, or completely replace the woodwork. Properly, professionally, and safely removing lead paint can be a time-consuming and expensive process that requires strict compliance with Maryland lead paint abatement procedures, and it requires that everyone vacant the premises during the removal and clean-up process. Remember: If your residential unit is a rental property (and not your personal home) you must use Maryland lead-certified professionals to do the abatement work.
If the residential unit was painted on the outside before 1950, the surrounding soil is probably contaminated with lead(Pb) as well. Do not leaves patches of bare soil, and clean carefully the floors and windowsills regularly with wet rags and mops.
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