Lead: new EPA guidelines, old homes

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Planning to repaint? Read this first.

<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/realestate/20epa.html>

Homeowners and contractors considering renovation projects are grappling

with the impact of a new Environmental Protection Agency regulation

designed to shield children from exposure to lead paint. ~nyt

* Lead poisoning problems still exist in Richmond.

<http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/business/local/article/LEAD19S1_20100618-2150\

03/352050/>

Lead poisoning remains a health problem, particularly in cities

such as Richmond with a majority of houses built before 1978, when

lead paint was banned, health officials say. People should take

the risk seriously, experts say. Damage from lead poisoning is

irreversible. ~

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Virginia