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(1) LEAD POISONING ("Plumbism") is one of the most common environmental child health problems in the United States. It is caused by too much lead in the body. It is particularly harmful in sufficient quantities to children younger than age 6 who inhale lead dust or eat lead chips, etc. Anyone, however, who eats, drinks or breathes too much lead can get lead poisoning.
(2) LEAD (Pb) can come from several sources : pre-1978 built residential units (houses and apartments), drinking water, the air we breathe, dust, soil, playgrounds, pipes and other plumbing items, foods and beverages, foreign-made toys and furniture, painted ceramic products, home remedies, work sites and hobbies, pottery, cosmetics, other products, etc.
(3) LEAD has been used by people since about 4,000 BC. It does not dissolve in water, does not dissipate, and does not burn. Lead residue lasts, and lasts, and lasts. It does not go away. It is estimated that at least 10 million metric tons of lead residue is currently in our environment.
(4) LEAD has been used in the Baltimore geographic area since Colonial times. Most of the lead in the environment of Baltimore is legacy (old) lead -- a lot of it remaining from Colonial times.
(5) LEAD in paint. Many house and apartments built before 1978 in Baltimore and throughout the United States contain lead paint. Lead paint consumer and residential use was banned by the Federal government in 1978.
(6) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that drinking water is the source of about 20 percent of lead exposure to humans in the United States. Lead leaches out into water from old lead pipes and service lines in city systems and from home plumbing. Even after lead pipes were banned by the Federal government, lead solder was legal for use on drinking water lines until the 1980s, and is still for sale in hardware stores. Faucets and plumbing fittings may legally contain up to 8 percent lead. The greatest risk is to infants using formula mixed with lead-contaminated water.
(7) Lead dust can be released from chipping and peeling lead paint. Home renovation projects can disturb lead paint, which is why only Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)- lead certified contractors should be used to do any residential renovation work on pre-1978 built residential units.
(8) It could be argued that Baltimore has been "ground zero" for lead paint poisoning lawsuits for many years. In fact, in 1951 Baltimore banned the use of lead pigment in interior paint in Baltimore housing. This was the first such lead paint restriction in the United States.
(9) I always recommend the following three(3) key points to my landlord clients for avoiding lead paint lawsuits : MAINTENANCE of the property; NOTICE to the tenants; and RECORD KEEPING
regarding the property and the tenant.
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