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Lead Paint in Houses Lead poisoning may cause permanent problems with health, learning and behavior in young children. Adults can suffer from high blood pressure, kidney damage and fertility problems. You can be exposed to lead any time you breathe lead dust or fumes, or swallow anything that contains lead. About 75 percent of the homes built before 1978 contain some lead-based paint. The older the home, the more likely it is to contain lead-based paint. Paints containing up to 50 percent lead were used on both the inside and outside of homes through the 1950s. Lead was still used in some household paints manufactured until 1978, although these newer paints usually contained much smaller amounts of lead. wellies for womenYou should assume that any home built before 1978 contains some lead. The only way to know if the paint, dust, drinking water or soil does not contain lead is to have it tested. Testing can be done with a home test kit or by a laboratory. A licensed risk assessor can also be hired to evaluate your home for lead. You can protect yourself from lead by following the appropriate remodeling safety procedures. Lead paint inspection is one of the tasks
required by the US government and many of its states to evaluate
properties for lead-based paint. It is one of two testing procedures
that are outlined by the guidelines released by the Housing and
Urban Development or HUD. A lead paint inspector will evaluate the
property to identify areas where lead-based paint was applied.
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