QUEZON CITY — The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition wrapped up its participation in this year’s International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) with an urgent plea to retailers, offline and online, to stop the unethical and unlawful distribution and sale of paints with violative levels of lead, a potent brain and reproductive toxicant and an endocrine disrupting chemical.
Denise Morris was living with her grandchildren in a 1910-built house on the North Side of Milwaukee when she got a flyer in the mail. It was about Habitat for Humanity’s lead abatement house repair program.
Why 6 Million Dead Jews Buried By The Times E.P.A. Toughens Requirements to Remove Lead Paint Dust Around Children “places the sole onus on the nation’s housing providers to remediate dust levels to absolute zero — an impossible task.”
The new rules consider any detectable level of lead dust in a building a “lead hazard,” requiring property owners to pay for cleanup.
Lead-based paint for residential use was banned in 1978, but the E.P.A. estimates that 31 million older dwellings still contain lead paint.Credit...Andrea Januta/Reuters
Detroit City Council tightens rental rules, focusing on tenant safety and compliance
