As of April, 2010, the EPA has required the use of Lead Safe Practices to prevent lead poisoning. While training and certification to comply with specific work practices is mandated; having lead poisoning insurance is not

You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. By the Paul As we approach the Earth Day celebration we also can mark our calendars as the day most contractors went to work as outlaws, rule breakers, endangerment specialists. As an industry we will not have met the minimum requirements for [...]

Moving forward with lead. By The Paul This weekend I worked a local home show, it got slow from time to time so I went around and talked to some of the other exhibitors about the April 22 deadline for the EPA lead rule. A window installer I talked to never heard of it, but [...]

By John Clark Cape Cod Kitchen and Bath This week, I completed my RRP Training on Tuesday. On Wednesday, I jumped into a remodel of a small bathroom in a ranch house that was actually a perfect test case of trying to comply with the RRP Rules. The house is occupied only in the summer. [...]

By Sean Lintow Sr. SLS Construction Cullman County First the facts, there are only 2 ways out of testing for lead in a house built before 1978; you either have in your hands a certified report from a licensed lead inspector that no lead is present in the area you are working on, or you [...]

Beautiful and bright colors It would seem a cruel truth that as Merry Go Rounds were turning and happy children were riding those brightly painted ponies and unicorns the rich colors of the ride itself were coats of lead paint. We already knew lead was poisonous, did we know that the ride itself was covered [...]