Sentences with phrase «old lead paint»

That reminds me - someone asked me about sealing wood that * may * be painted with old lead paint.

While the children of Flint, Michigan face the danger of lead in their water, it is old lead paint on the walls of area homes that puts our children at risk.

Windowsills, doorways and handrails throughout the building were noted to be thick with many layers of paint, giving the potential for older lead paint to be present.

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Although lead paint is no longer a concern in newer homes, if you have a really old home it may still be an issue.

Our city is one of the highest in the nation for lead poisoning, due to our old housing and the high use of lead paint to prevent weathering during winter.

Older models with a drop - side rail, slats that are too far apart, or lead paint can pose hazards, so also check the CPSC for product recalls.

Also beware peeling paint, and old cribs with lead paint.)

Test antique beds for lead paint before use and avoid bunk beds until your child is older.

If that is really the justification — the enoromous costs incurred by families and a society when a child is poisoned — than our efforts are better spent addressing the much more significant cause of childhood lead poisoning — older housing and buildings coated with lead paint.

If you have an older home (built before 1978) and have lead paint, keep your paint in good condition.

Older homes are at risk for lead paint and asbestos which can be dangerous to the adults and the developing fetus.

If your home was built a while back, there may be lead in the paint under the topcoats on your walls and windows, as well as in old floor varnish.

Older models may not meet current safety standards, can be missing hardware and can have lead - paint finishes.

Expectant moms shouldn't even help scrape off the old paint, as the risk of lead toxicity remains high for all homes built before 1976.

Among the many products she's tested, Rubin has found lead in popular brands of eco-friendly baby bottles and sippy cups, vintage dishes, old books, modern painted ceramics, enameled cast - iron pans, leaded crystal, ammunition, faux pearls, commemorative drinking glasses, costume jewelry, leather couches, and even trumpet mouthpieces.

However, solvent - based paints and old paintwork (which may contain traces of lead) may pose a greater risk.

That is because an older home is more likely to be deteriorating, creating paint chips and lead - contaminated dust that can be ingested by younger children.

Keep in mind that children may also be at risk for lead poisoning if they play in the soil around an older home that may become contaminated with exterior lead - based paint.

While homes built before 1950 and homes built between 1950 and 1978 might all have lead paint in them, it is the oldest homes that pose the biggest risk.

In addition to lead paint, older homes can also put kids at risk because of older lead plumbing, causing elevated water lead levels.

Since lead is no longer allowed in paint and is usually found only in older buildings, exposure to toxic levels is not as prevalent as it once was.

And the lead concentration of the paint in homes built before 1950 is likely to be higher than in a «newer» old house.

Children who live in old buildings in which lead still exists in the plumbing or in lead paint that has been painted over may be at risk.

Spending time in an older building: The older your house is, the more likely it is to have lead - based paint and the greater the amount of lead the paint will have.

Old cribs can be safety modified using new hardware: also, make sure the paint is lead free and there are no splinters or chips in wood where your baby might come into contact with rough surfaces.

Additionally, any older item should be tested for lead paint.

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Old houses were built with lead paint and lead pipes and nearly 60 % of Buffalo homes were built before 1940.

Schumer's comments add to the growing call for action in Buffalo, where elevated lead levels have been a problem for years because of the presence of lead paint in its old housing stock.

Unfortunately our area has a very old housing stock, with many inner city, suburban, and rural homes containing lead paint on their walls from the pre-1978 era.

A large number of Syracuse children have been poisoned by lead paint — which was banned for commercial use in 1978 — while living in old, deteriorating housing in the city.

Although lead was banned from from use in household paint back in 1978, much of Buffalo's older housing stock is still covered with it.

For years, Chairman Crowley and New York City Councilman Danny Dromm have joined families and community leaders in Queens to demand much - needed repairs to the 101 - year - old train line, particularly to remediate lead paint peeling from the tracks.

The program, initiated last year by County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., targets properties in Cornhill, West Utica and parts of East Utica that are «at risk» for lead poisoning and allows the homeowners to replace old lead - base painted, single paned windows with new energy efficient replacement windows purchased at cost and using lead safe work practices.

Lead paint in Buffalo's old housing stock is cited as the chief culprit.

Experts believe the chief culprit is chipping paint and lead paint dust inside and outside of Buffalo's old housing stock.

«It's been an issue here in Syracuse, unfortunately for a long time, mostly due to the fact that we have very old housing stock — which is a great access because it's unique, but it does have it's liability because old houses do have lead paint in them,» Miner said.

Along with mitigating the lead paint, the initiative will work on creating better energy efficiency in some of these older homes.

Oneida County's housing stock is among the oldest in New York State, and while sturdy and architecturally aesthetic, is covered with lead - based paints requiring specialized knowledge of lead - safe work practices compliant with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations that went into effect in 2010.

«Western New York's older homes add character to our communities but they can also pose risks to our children through exposure to lead paint,» said Congressman Higgins, Co-chair of the Congressional Revitalizing Older Cities Task Folder homes add character to our communities but they can also pose risks to our children through exposure to lead paint,» said Congressman Higgins, Co-chair of the Congressional Revitalizing Older Cities Task FOlder Cities Task Force.

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A 5 - year - old girl suffered lead poisoning from peeling paint in her NYCHA apartment at least three years ago, continues to show symptoms — and the agency is ignoring relocation requests,...

The city of Syracuse would be in line for federal funding to alleviate lead paint in older homes, if one Trump Administration official has her way.

«Protecting our children from the hazards of lead common in pre-1978 housing has been a high priority of my administration; and while it may take years to provide adequate lead safe housing in our community, there are measures we can take now to reduce children's risks of lead poisoning, including insisting that rental property owners replace or repair older windows and chipping and peeling lead paint and ensuring the work is performed by EPA certified contractors using lead safe work practices,» Picente said.

Lead paint coating the walls in older homes has likely been painted over, perhaps with several layers of paint.

Old paint and dust from lead paint are considered to be the leading pathways for exposure in children.

Syracuse also lost federal funding in 2015 for its program to abate lead paint hazards in old homes, which had averaged about $ 2 million a year for two decades.

Since lead dust and paint chips inhaled and eaten by children often come from raising and closing old windows, the county is also earmarking $ 436,838 in leftover funds from earlier years of the lead prevention and remediation program to give out low - interest loans or grants for window replacements, based on a sliding income scale, over the next five years.

His Asian - inspired neuron paintings won him commissions at the Society for Neuroscience and many neuroscience departments; one thing led to another, and he eventually traded the lab bench for an artist's studio in an old tobacco warehouse in Philadelphia.