Lead Removal & Management Plans:

Lead is an extremely malleable metal commonly used in building construction and materials for thousands of years. Environmental regulations stopped or reduced the use of lead in several materials because its extreme health risks. Buildings built prior to 1978 still suffer for its harmful presence in paint, stoneware, and vinyl.

Most Common Sources of Lead Poisoning:

• Deteriorating lead-based paint
• Lead contaminated dust
• Lead contaminated residential soil
  

Harmful Dust and Erosion

Inhalation of lead dust during renovations and demolition is an ongoing problem. Exterior lead-based paint applications have been known to erode and contaminate soil.

Our Approach: Lead Removal and Management

After professionally testing a building’s lead risks, EnviroGuard can develop and implement a lead abatement or management plan. Our fully trained and licensed technicians can successfully rid buildings of lead threats by encapsulating or removing harmful surfaces and dust. Contaminated materials are sealed.

US Environmental Protection Agency:

The Facts EPA's analysis indicates that renovation, repair and painting projects in housing and child-occupied facilities that are likely to contain lead-based paint affect 1.4 million children under age six annually. A 2003 survey of childcare centers by the Department of Housing and Urban Development found that 28 percent of all licensed childcare centers nationwide still contain some lead-based paint, and more than half of the centers built before 1960 do.

Lead Poisoning
is caused by increased levels of lead in the blood, is very common among children and causes neurological damage. In adults the poisoning can result in kidney damage, seizures and even death.