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It's a hard problem. Remediating lead is expensive. The standard appears that you sign an attestation that you don't know there's lead in the house. This leads
by johncessna 5y ago
It's a hard problem.
Remediating lead is expensive. The standard appears that you sign an attestation that you don't know there's lead in the house. This leads to a situation where no one actually does any testing.
Lead pipes and contaminated ground have their own challenges, but I was under the impression that the cheap way to remediate lead paint was to paint over it. Is that not the case, or have these places not been painted in 45 years?
- errcorrectcode 5y agoIt's "screw the poor by sticking ones head in the sand." Paint chips. Kids touch the paint underneath, don't wash their hands, and then ingest toxic residue with their food.
- randomifcpfan 5y agoNo, what happens is they eat the paint chips, because lead is sweet. https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publications/health-matters/lead-poising-is-your-child-at-risk https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publications/health-matt...
- errcorrectcode 5y agoI gave an example that didn't exclude any possibility, while you're disagreeing with a linear, all-or-nothing, black-and-white proclamation. Clearly you have an omniscient view into all child behavior. Please enlighten me as to how exactly, in specific detail, that you came about this fountain of perfect knowledge.
- sokoloff 5y agoIf you have a window or door that inherently rubs during usage, merely painting over it won’t fully eliminate the lead dust exposure. Similarly, chipping paint (from ordinary wear) will often chip off all layers of paint. Painting over it helps, but isn’t an elimination.