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Lead Poisoning for Local Health Officers Identifying potential issues in homes you visit

Learn to identify lead issues in homes you visit. Collaborate with parents to determine lead sources through testing. Enforce abatement of hazards. Support lead dust testing and offer guidance to concerned individuals.

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Lead Poisoning for Local Health Officers Identifying potential issues in homes you visit

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  1. Lead Poisoning for Local Health Officers Identifying potential issues in homes you visit Tina Bernier, Environmental Coordinator Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

  2. Role of MCLPPP Environmental Coordinator Work with parents of children with elevated blood lead levels to determine where lead is coming from through environmental testing Enforce abatement of lead hazards identified in rental properties (Lead Poisoning Control Act) Provide support for lead dust testing program General guidance for folks with questions about lead

  3. “Target Housing” Lead paint banned for use in housing -1978 (HUD & EPA use this date for lead disclosure and RRP purposes) Pre-1950 housing is where we see majority of EBLLs in Maine

  4. Statewide: 80% of poisonings are in rental properties • 40-50% of our lead poisonings in 5 cities • 90% of poisonings in pre-1950 housing; 80% pre-1925

  5. Two pictures of Lead Poisoning in Maine Old rental properties in towns and cities Old single family homes in rural areas

  6. How is lead dust created? Lead paint in poor condition Friction on leaded surfaces Impacts to leaded surfaces Renovation

  7. Lead paint in poor condition creates lead dust So does rubbing, scraping, and sanding of leaded paint in fair condition!

  8. Lead Paint was Used on Wood and in Places where Moisture was an Issue Floors, if painted Windows Doors Trim Exteriors

  9. Exteriors and Porches

  10. Doors (interior and exterior)

  11. Windows

  12. Floors, stairs, common areas

  13. Maine Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program: Tina Bernier, Environmental Coordinator: (207)287-5668 tina.bernier@maine.gov Susan Lee, Health Coordinator: (207)287-8671 susan.j.lee@maine.gov MCLPPP general contact numbers: (207) 287-4311 or (866)292-3474 www.maine.gov/healthyhomes

  14. Lead Poisoning for Local Health Officers Lead laws Tina Bernier, Environmental Coordinator Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

  15. Lead Poisoning Control Act • Children get a blood lead screening. • Apartment posted, cannot rent / cannot evict • All apartments in building are inspected • May have to relocate tenants • Abate all units

  16. Warranty of Habitability

  17. Maine Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program: Consumer Law Guide Chapter 14: http://www.maine.gov/ag/consumer/consumer_law_guide.shtml Pine Tree Legal: http://www.ptla.org Tina Bernier, Environmental Coordinator: (207)287-5668 tina.bernier@maine.gov MCLPPP general contact numbers: (207) 287-4311 or (866)292-3474

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