And Easy and Inexpensive Way to Test for Lead Paint
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The Problem - You move into an older home, maybe in rural Iowa, it's and old farm house, and you aren't sure if your young children can get lead poisoning from the old paint. Be forewarned that if you live in a home built before 1950 your home probably has lead-based paint.
Most of Iowa's pre-1950 homes contain lead-based paint. Young children who live in pre-1950 homes become lead-poisoned when they put paint chips or exterior soil in their mouths or when they get house dust and soil on their hands and put their hands in their mouths. In addition, adults who remodel or repaint these homes may be lead-poisoned if they disturb the lead-based paint.Although lead poisoning can cause serious health problems--including death--most lead-poisoned children demonstrate no visible symptoms. This makes it much more important to have an effective program to prevent childhood lead poisoning.
Possible solution - Check out these inexpensive kits that you can buy online. If they test positive call the Iowa Bureau of Lead Poisoning Prevention for advice on what to do.
LeadCheck Swabs by Hybrivet Systems, Inc.
www.leadcheck.com
8 swabs for $18.45 or 96 for $149.95
Lead Test Kit
Abotex Enterprises Ltd.
www.leadinspector.com
8 pack $12.99 or 100 pack for $49.99
The Lead Detective
Innovative Synthesis Corp.
www.gis.net/mtf/tldhome.htm
Price is $29.95 for 150 tests
Pro-Lab Lead Surface Test Kit
Professional Laboratories Inc.
www.prolabinc.com
Cost: $9.95 for six tests
For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Defective and Dangerous Products.