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Most Americans would still choose not to do this because any knowledge of a positive lead test means that you need to report it when you sell your house which m

Most Americans would still choose not to do this because any knowledge of a positive lead test means that you need to report it when you sell your house which might effect resale value. The large majority (>90%) of houses built before 1940 have lead paint in them somewhere and lead paint wasn't banned until 1970 in the US so many older houses still have lead paint somewhere

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Gigachad 4y ago
Presumably if you care about testing for lead, you'd also care enough to have it dealt with while you are living there.
- Retric 4y ago
  Is there any reason to care about interior lead paint if it’s under several more recent lead free layers and not chipping off?
  - defrost 4y ago
    Not particularly if it's dry and sealed in, however .. In a rising damp, wall wicking water scenario the lead may be leached out from the paint and transported to, say, food being grown near house. The US had long term issues from lead in the water (being ingested) so there's a similar danger here if the lead isn't stable on the wall behind sealing layers.
    - hammock 4y ago
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      - defrost 4y ago
        For Flint, Michigan [1] (the recent times big news event) and other cities it was lead from pipes: Officials failed to apply corrosion inhibitors to the water, which resulted in lead from aging pipes leaching into the water supply, exposing around 100,000 residents to elevated lead levels. ie. Lead leached by water from a lead source (be that paint, pipes, or gasoline particulate residue) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis
  - throwaway6734 4y ago
    Nope, but some homeowners do not know the dangers of lead dust and can get home renovations done without taking the proper precautions.
    - Gigachad 4y ago
      Lead and asbestos are like the C programming language. In certain very controlled situations they can be perfectly fine. Only in the real world that rarely ever happens.

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Gigachad 4y ago

Presumably if you care about testing for lead, you'd also care enough to have it dealt with while you are living there.

Retric 4y ago
Is there any reason to care about interior lead paint if it’s under several more recent lead free layers and not chipping off?
- defrost 4y ago
  Not particularly if it's dry and sealed in, however .. In a rising damp, wall wicking water scenario the lead may be leached out from the paint and transported to, say, food being grown near house. The US had long term issues from lead in the water (being ingested) so there's a similar danger here if the lead isn't stable on the wall behind sealing layers.
  - hammock 4y ago
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    - defrost 4y ago
      For Flint, Michigan [1] (the recent times big news event) and other cities it was lead from pipes: Officials failed to apply corrosion inhibitors to the water, which resulted in lead from aging pipes leaching into the water supply, exposing around 100,000 residents to elevated lead levels. ie. Lead leached by water from a lead source (be that paint, pipes, or gasoline particulate residue) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis
- throwaway6734 4y ago
  Nope, but some homeowners do not know the dangers of lead dust and can get home renovations done without taking the proper precautions.
  - Gigachad 4y ago
    Lead and asbestos are like the C programming language. In certain very controlled situations they can be perfectly fine. Only in the real world that rarely ever happens.