Sunday 27 July 2014

Who Should Take Responsibility For The Pre-1978 Lead Paint In Homes

By Miranda Sweeney


Prior to the 1978, many homes were painted with leaded paints. Lead is a toxic metal substrate that should not be exposed to the body. It has serious and fatal health hazards that can harm people who come across it. By consulting pre-1978 lead paint inspectors in San Diego, CA, it allows you to know the magnitude of contamination in a home. Such paints ought to be handled properly, and in such a way, people are able to reduce the effects caused by the harmful particles.

However, considering that as homes age, paints begin peeling, they will slowly disperse the metal to the environment. As those paints peel off, the metal particles are released to surroundings. Children are likely to ingest or inhale such particles during their hand to mouth activity. Kids will put almost anything they come across in their mouth.

If the dust and surfaces in a house are contaminated with lead, it may lead to serious health complications in children, adults, and other people. Homebuyers who are anticipating buying properties should ensure they get more information about the paints used in those properties. They need to inquire from the sellers whether the older homes they are buying have been inspected of leaded paints and the kind of mitigation procedure that have been applied.

Often, the effects of exposure to lead are not felt immediately and many a times, they occur slowly. With repetitive exposure, the level of such metal in body increases reaching the threshold amounts where symptoms begin to appear. The effect can be life threatening and premises owners should make a point to have their properties inspected.

Luckily, this metal can be removed by scraping the old paints and repainting homes with new lead-free paints. When homebuyers are purchasing homes, they should inquire with the real estate agents or sellers of any possible presence of leaded paints. If a property was constructed during those old days, probably it has contaminated paints.

When doing renovations on buildings suspected to contain contaminated paints, contractors should evacuate all people from those properties. No other people are allowed to access a building being renovated. Condoning such a building will prevent possible exposure to such particles.

Exposure to such a metal might lead to conflicts and possible lawsuits. Real estate agents ought to inform homebuyers of any possibility of having contaminated paints in buildings they are selling so that the owners are not put at risk. Sellers of homes should as well be in the forefront in informing new buyers of the same aspect. It needs common understanding and a consulted effort to ensure people occupying buildings are protected from possible exposure.

Besides, the family members should be evacuated from the building being renovated so that they are not exposed to these dangerous particles. The windows and doors in a room that is being repaired may be closed so that the dust and dispersing particles do not spread to other environments. The sellers of houses have a duty to play when they sell their properties. If they know the houses contain the paints and they have not be repainted with lead-free paints, they need to inform the buyers.




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