Like to know about lead poisoning
whenever I hear someone talking about purchasing an older home or renovating a house I find myself turning into one of those
parents who spews frightening statistics and unsolicited advice
I do this because I'm sure that if I had known someone whose child was lead poise and I would have been a lot more cautious when
renovating our home and my son wouldn't have become sick and self
but raising concerns about lead can make people roll their eyes
honor band of the dot com
one parent dismissed a query about the dangers of lead with a frequently made
arguments that everyone born before 1975 grew up in a lead painted home
we all survived even my own pediatrician made me feel as if I was overreacting when I asked that my son six month 12 visit about the risks of
lead paint in the home we just bought which was built in the 187 days
she told me not to worry
saying that my son would be tested for lead at his one your visit and if there was any exposure
we'd catch it looking back on this exchange
it's hard to reconcile such a blase reaction with the facts like nerve gas and snake venom
lead is a neuro toxic chemical
exposure to it can cause long-term damage to a child's developing brain
in young children elevated levels have been linked to lower a IQ Ltd. attention span
behavioral problems
and the inability to concentrate
both children and pregnant women are at the highest risk of health problems
even at the lowest levels of exposure
lead causes brain injury in children
according to parents adviser Phillip landrigan
ND director of the children's environmental health center at the icon school of medicine at Mount Sinai
in New York City it was Dr. Landrigan as groundbreaking study of kids living near a lead smelting fact RE in Texas that helped convince
the gov't to ban lead from gas in 1975 and from household paint in 1978
one in three American Homes still contains lead based paint
most of these are in the northeast and Midwest
and any home built before 1978 is potentially hazardous
frighteningly once a child has been exposed
it's too late to reverse the effects
despite my doctors promise that we'd catch it
there is no treatment or medical solution
as lead poisoned children get older
they exhibit higher rates of dyslexia and other learning disabilities
as well as increased dropout rates as teenagers they're more likely to commit crimes
how safe is your home get our free home safety guidelines here a numbers game
even though lead poisoning has been a threat for decades experts are actually more concerned about its than ever over the years
the centers for disease control and prevention CDC
has repeatedly Lauer De blood level of concern because studies have found risk at levels lower than previously thought
the level is now 5 µg of lead per deciliter of blood but it was 1:50 1012
roughly 2.6% of children ages 1 to 5 have a level of five or higher according to a 2013 U.S.
National Health and nutrition examination survey
still this isn't a full picture of how many children are impacted because it doesn't account for all
of the affected babies younger than one nor children older than five
it also doesn't include the kids whose levels are now normal but who still suffer damage
you can lower blood lead levels
but that only prevents additional damage
however there are signs of progress
or at least increased awareness
that Congress had slashed the funding for the CDC's childhood lead poisoning prevention program
CL PPP from $29,000,000 to $2.5 million by the around the time the levels of concern were last lowered
the budget was restored in January to $15,000,000
a big jump that still half what the program has historically received
its just enough money for states to do surveillance to find out how many kids are exposed and where they're located
but it's too little to fund important follow-up work such as inspecting homes and preventing future poisonings
explains Rebekah Morley executive director of the nonprofit National Center for healthy housing
in Colombia their ill and in December 2013 and a California judge ordered three current or former paint companies to pay $1.1 billion to
remove lead based paint from homes in the state finding them liable for exposing children to an own poison
and later this year lead poisoning will be the focus of the documentary mislead
america's secret epidemic
from filmmaker tamera Ruben who has four children two of whom have neurological issues and behavioral problems from lead poisoning
we need parental where Nis on a major scale
we've screened the movie all over the country and parents say I can't believe I didn't know about this says Ruben they've since been
testing their homes and their children and are helping to spread the word
the testing issue blood test requirements for children vary from state to state and also
depend on the age of the child's home and how likely it is to contain lead
children who are covered by insurance and see a private pediatrician are routinely tested at
age one and again at age two that due to the reduced funding
children in low income families who are covered by Medicaid are no longer universally screened
these kids are particularly vulnerable because they are often living in older badly maintained buildings with flaking paint
before the cuts to seal PPP a child with high levels of lead would have automatically
triggered the local health department to help reduce his lead level
working with parents and or landlords to identify and safely eliminate the source of exposure
and invisible poison I never felt like the worst parent than on the day our pediatrician called to say that our one year old son's blood lead
tests showed that he had 18 µg per deciliter of blood far above 10 the level of concern back
then although not high enough to require hospitalization
are four year old daughter's test result found that she had all only 4.6 µg
I tortured myself with the thought that for the sake of saving a little money during our renovation
we'd exposed our son to irreversible brain injury
out of necessity we had cut some corners
one thing we'd skipped was an optional inspection of the house's lead content
given the house's age
we assume there was lead based paint and so we decided to put the $1000 for the inspection poured covering the old paint with a high
quality primer and latex paint to prevent it from releasing chips or dust
this method to which is known as paint stabilization
can be safer than removing the page because it doesn't generate as much debris
it's also far less costly
that wean this preventive measure and a thorough cleaning before we moved then we
thought we'd done enough to protect our children
as soon as we found out about our children's test results
we hired Steven Rosenbaum
a lead inspector who is certified by the environmental protection agency
EP a he used an Exe ray fluorescence gun to analyze surfaces and conducted dust wiped
tests in which dust is sent to an EPA approved lab for analysis
my son's exposure was traced to the bedroom window near his cramped Rosenbaum found a
lead level on the floor beneath the crib of 500 µg per square foot
the acceptable Federal limit for floors in is 40 we can all only assume that by opening and closing our sons window which we were doing
a lot during the warm late spring and early summer
we dislodged some loose paint on the frame of the window outside as well as on the windowsill
no one had suggested we treat the exterior of our house
that paint was then ground up into particles small enough to blow through the screen onto the slats of our sons crib which exposed him to
let thinking back on all the times I had peaked in on my baby and smiled to see him contentedly sucking his thumb in his sleep
I shudder to imagine that tiny thumb covered with poisonous lead dust I had been regularly
vacuuming and what mopping are housed since we moved in
that it turns out that several areas still registered above the Federal guidelines for safe levels of lead dust
this is why it's so important to identify the source of lead and either remove it or control any more exposure
that as I'd learned this is it be easier said than done
the problem on the ground when zephyr O'Meara and his partner
Rena move to Oakland
California they never suspected that the home they rented all be it and auld victorian house
could poison their sons who were then one and three
because the O'Meara as are part of a farming coupe that use their property
their soil had been checked for lead and other hazards
and deemed safe before they planted their garden the after their routine finger stick tests
came back elevated for lead a follow-up determined that both kids had lead poisoning
with the younger child testing at 28 µg and the older at 24 µg
once the children's levels were reported a lead inspector was sent by the county health department
and he turned up pockets of lead levels in the backyard that were above the Federal limit
O'Meara suspects that when their land lord replaced windows in the house he wasn't careful about containing the work area so lead
paint from the outside window frames may have mixed with the soil
the boys could have been exposed by playing in the dirt outside their home and inhaling the particles
working with the county the landlords contained any flaking paint
it also covered the loose soil with wood chips so it wouldn't be tracked into the house
to be safe the O'Meara stopped going into the backyard and instituted a strict and washing regime
within a year the boys levels dropped to around 10 their most recent levels were six and for this makes sense says Dr. Landrigan once the
source is identified and remediate it levels to decrease by 30 to 35% every six months
that if the levels don't drop
that means there's still an undiscovered source
he adds stock up on all your child proofing needs
getting rid of lead the process of eliminating exposure to lead based paint is called abatement
it can involve stabilizing the paint as we had originally done
encapsulate Ing it with a special coating warranted to last for 20 years
or removing the paint altogether abatement requires specific work practices outlined by the EPA to minimize the disturbance of lead such
as using a web stripper rather than a heat gun to remove old paint
the area must be contained with plastic and tape to prevent dust and debris from entering
the rest of the house the process ends with specific cleaning and post cleaning procedures
the fashion Alla Bateman can be expensive
but homeowners shouldn't tackle it themselves
they often end up creating more lead contamination
says Rosenbaum however lead based paint doesn't always need to be abated
if it isn't shipping or flaking
it doesn't pose a problem
he sat the exception to this is if the surface can't withstand potential impact or friction
for example while some of our walls contained lead based paint we could leave them alone because the paint was intact
that are baseboards presented a hazard since they could easily be nicked by a chair or ride on toy
and the dislodge chip could be crushed under someone's heel and mixed into household dust
are windows and doors were the most dangerous since simply opening and closing
them created dust the road ahead after weeks of paperwork and pleading
we secured a $50,000 home equity line of credit
we hired a contract are certified in lead safe practices per the EPA A's renovation
repair and painting rule
put into place in 2010
and not in effect when we hired our first contract are
all but two of the windows in our house and one door to needed to be replaced
the surfaces of other doors and numerous tour jams had to be treated with a wet stripping method in order to prevent more contamination
and any flaking paint had to be encapsulated
despite having hired people legally required to follow EPA abatement guidelines
I still had to hover over them
I'd remind them not to walk in and out of the work area because they'd track the lead dust through the house
I also had to tell them to sufficiently cover the front yard in plastic to make sure that any
dislodged paint chips could be wrapped up and carted away
even though it's required by the EPA rule
only one of three companies we used got a vacuum that was equipped with a hat the filter made to capture tiny dust particles
after in each workday my husband would keep our kids at the park or a friend's house for hours while I vacuumed
with our new $600 happy vacuum and wet mop the house twice over
the year are and 1/2 later
after visits to the Dr. every three months during which my son would start crying the minute he
understood that he was getting his blood drawn again
he finally tested at five
this level still wasn't normal but it was a vast improvement
is most recent level was 3.9
we won't know for a few more years what the long-term effect on his behavior and cognitive skills will be
so far he seems to be on track
or even ahead of the learning curve
at 4 1/2 th he is sounding out words can add single digit numbers
and is a formidable opponent in the zing go matching game
that when he has a melt down because his Lego structure won't stay connected I find myself wondering whether a I can chalk up his
over the top response to his age or to his lead exposure
I try hard not to be a paranoid parent especially when my son wants to climb the ladder to the slide by myself
or when I leave my daughter at her first drop off birthday party
but I deeply regret not having been paranoid enough when we bought our home
and so I will continue trying to scare other parents in the hope that I can prevent them
from making the same mistake we did it's not just paint
the child's blood lead levels should be tested at age one and again at age two if he lives in an
alder home or if he lives with an adult whose occupation is one of the following
construction worker painter
auto repair steel welder
firing range instructor remodeler andra finisher
to scrap metal recycler
cable splicer
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