Lead Safe Practices

• Letter to the Editor: It's Time To Scrap the Lead-Paint Rule

  In this letter to the editor, a California contractor argues that the federal government's lead-paint program isn't worth the cost and should be abandoned.

   

• Breathe Easy: RZ Mask

  An N99 Active Carbon filter is designed to purify the air you breathe, making it ideal for RRP work.

   

• Safety Update to NARI's Code of Ethics

  The National Association of the Remodeling Industry stresses the importance of preserving the health and safety of employees, trades, and clients in an update to its code of ethics.

   

• EPA Losing a Bundle on Its Lead-Based Paint Program

  Firm participation and fee collections fall a whopping 65% short of estimates.

   

• CDC: 535,000 Kids Have Blood With Distressingly High Lead Levels

  An estimated 535,000 U.S. children aged 1-5 had blood lead levels in 2007-2010 that were high enough to cause concern, a new study by the Centers for Disease Control finds. It says one of the best ways to reduce that risk is to eliminate lead paint hazards in housing.

   

• Outreach: EPA's Lead Rule Awareness Campaign

  The Environmental Protection Agency has sent out postcards to 540,000 contractors as part of its continuing education effort.

   

• EPA Fines Nebraska Exterior Replacement Company

  Renovation company agrees to pay $6,188 penalty for failing to notify customers about lead paint risks prior to starting remodeling work.

   

• Small Size No Cover Against Lead-Safe Renovation Enforcement

  With a longer list of tools, the EPA moves on lead-safe renovation violators large and small.

   

• EPA Postpones Exterior Commercial Building Lead Rules

  Public information meetings to be held this winter to seek input from small-business advocacy review panel on LRRP rules for commercial renovations.

   

• NARI & NAHBR Stance on RRP Opt-Out Provision

  DEAN HERRIGES & GEORGE MOORE respond to Michael Anschel's August 2012 column in REMODELING about the ethics of the lead paint rule's opt-out provision.

   

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