Sentences with phrase «risk for lead paint»

Some 85,000 homes and apartments in Buffalo are considered at risk for lead paint hazards.

That's a fraction of the 85,000 homes in Buffalo at risk for lead paint hazards, 12,000 of which have documented lead problems where children under the age of six live.

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

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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.

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.

When you remodel one of these homes, by adding on a new room, scraping off paint, or tearing down a wall, etc., you may disturb lead paint and it may put your child at risk for lead poisoning.

The NYC Housing Authority's re-inspections of its apartments for lead paint are still flawed and leave kids «at serious risk,» a lawyer for some tenants says in new court papers.

Until the city began concentrated inspections for chipping and peeling lead paint, the task of inspecting at - risk homes in Buffalo fell to the county Health Department.

Only 93 homes have been visited by a contractor to conduct inspections and risk assessments for potential lead paint hazards.

The suit, being filed on behalf of CCOP and At - Risk Community Services, will ask the court to impose an independent monitor for NYCHA for what Walden deemed «systemic violations of law» surrounding lead paint monitoring and remediation, providing heat and hot water, providing economic opportunities for tenants and consulting them on policies that affect them.

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.

The Erie County Health Department has concentrated its inspections for lead paint to houses in at - risk neighborhoods where children live.

Until the lead paint project is finished, there is still a risk for the birds raised around the old buildings.

When millions of children were put at risk by lead paint in Mattel toys, Jeff filed suit against Mattel to force the company to finance lead - testing procedures for affected children.

«Newark has both key risk factors for lead exposure — high rates of child poverty and high numbers of homes built before 1978, the year lead paint was banned.

The new «lead - safe» practices apply to work on homes, day - care centers and schools built before 1978, when lead paint was banned for residential use because of health risks.

For property managers and owners of multifamily buildings, here are some questions to ask inspectors, risk assessors, and abatement contractors you may consider hiring to make sure your property complies with new lead - based paint regulations, according to Ellen Tohn, a consultant to the National Center for Lead - Based Housing and an adviser to the Alliance to End Childhood Lead PoisoniFor property managers and owners of multifamily buildings, here are some questions to ask inspectors, risk assessors, and abatement contractors you may consider hiring to make sure your property complies with new lead - based paint regulations, according to Ellen Tohn, a consultant to the National Center for Lead - Based Housing and an adviser to the Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisonlead - based paint regulations, according to Ellen Tohn, a consultant to the National Center for Lead - Based Housing and an adviser to the Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisonifor Lead - Based Housing and an adviser to the Alliance to End Childhood Lead PoisonLead - Based Housing and an adviser to the Alliance to End Childhood Lead PoisonLead Poisoning:

Although lead paint creates a risk, for most of us its presence isn't enough to keep us from buying a home we love — we know what to watch for, and we deal with it.

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