The Environmental Public Health’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Program monitors the reported blood lead level results and provides case management as well as other services.
Staff conducts and coordinates the environmental public health investigations for children under the age of 6 with a confirmed blood lead level (BLL) ≥ 20 µg/dL or two confirmed BLLs ≥ 15 µg/dL, taken more than 3 months apart.
Lead inspections are conducted at the child’s home and/or other sites where the child spends a significant amount of time.
These inspections are completed by our lead risk assessor, certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, who provides recommendations for lead remediation.
The program’s highly trained and certified staff member also completes lead inspections of childcare facilities and foster homes in need of such inspections as well as lead inspections/assessments/clearances requested and paid for by outside parties.
Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting
In 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule that was amended in 2011. This rule aims to protect the public from lead-based paint hazards associated with renovation, repair, and painting activities.
These activities can create hazardous lead dust when surfaces with lead paint, even from many decades ago, are disturbed. The rule requires workers to be certified and trained in the use of lead-safe work practices, and requires renovation, repair, and painting firms to be EPA-certified.