Millions of homes built before 1978 contain lead paint, which is dangerous to children. How to find out if your home could have paint that needs to be addressed.

Sealing any withering paint, a lead encapsulant often also discourages kids from coming in contact with it. “The encapsulant a lot of times contains Bitrex, ...

Making a home lead safe doesn’t necessarily mean 100% lead removal, Allison said; the objective is to either remove it completely or encapsulate it as best as possible.

Most lead poisonings in the state are caused by exposure to dust from old lead paint – typically in buildings constructed before lead-based paints were banned in 1978. That means more than half ...

But in 2014, there were still more than 13,000 children with elevated blood lead levels, according to the Department of Health. The Department of Health received test results from 14 percent of ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.—This week, the California Tahoe Conservancy will begin remediating lead paint on the historic barn at Van Sickle Bi-State Park. The park will remain open during the work ...

The city has tacked on at least nine lead paint laws in the past five years. The landlords suing HPD are targeting Local Law 66. ... Lead abatement can require encapsulating walls in sheetrock.

In 2023, the state Legislature established a lead paint rental registry that will cover 25 “communities of concern” across New York, where the risk of lead poisoning is particularly high.

Most lead poisonings in the state are caused by exposure to dust from old lead paint — typically in buildings constructed before lead-based paints were banned in 1978. That means more than half ...

When David Rosner was a kid, he'd go into his grandfather's garage and mix up cans of paint. "I can still remember just sticking a stick in to mix it up and hitting halfway down a solid mass of ...