Stellar Building Solutions is a fully ensured and EPA Certified lead testing company that offers lead dust sampling testing to assist landlords and property managers in Philadelphia and the surrounding area to maintain compliance with lead laws.
In Philadelphia Pennsylvania the law requires that owners of properties built before 1978 must provide the tenant with lead certification conducted by a certified lead dust technician which states that the property is lead safe. Landlords are required to test and provide a certification of successfully conducting and passing a lead safe test in order to :
In Norristown, Pennsylvania Lead Poisoning Prevention & Lead Hazard Control Ordinance was implemented effective January 1st, 2022 requiring any landlord who rents a property in Norristown that was built before 1978 must have a certification which states that their property is lead free or lead safe.
In Lansdowne Pennsylvania
The ordinance requires rental property owners and child care facilities on older properties to test for lead paint hazards and certify that their properties are lead safe. In addition, when residents sell their older properties, they will also need to get their home tested for lead.
Lead is a naturally occurring element found in small amounts in the earth’s crust. While it has some beneficial uses, it can be toxic to humans and animals, causing?health effects.
Children
Lead is particularly dangerous to children because their growing bodies absorb more lead than adults and their brains and nervous systems are more sensitive to the damaging effects of lead. Babies and young children can also be more highly exposed to lead because they often put their hands and other objects that can have lead from dust or soil on them into their mouths. Children may also be exposed to lead by eating and drinking food or water containing lead or from dishes or glasses that contain lead, inhaling lead dust from lead-based paint or lead-contaminated soil or from playing with toys with lead-based paint.
Lead can affect almost every organ and system in your body. Children six years old and younger are most susceptible to the effects of lead.
Children
Even low levels of lead in the blood of children can result in:
In rare cases, ingestion of lead can cause seizures, coma and even death.
Most children who have lead poisoning get it from lead dust in homes built before 1978. When old lead paint cracks and peels, it creates lead dust. Lead dust from chipping paint can settle on the ground and other surfaces and get on children’s hands.
Lead can get into drinking water if you have a lead service line, or plumbing fixtures that have lead.
You can also be exposed to lead from soil that is contaminated by lead from exterior paint. Lead is sometimes found in the following products when they are made outside the United States:
Adults may be exposed to lead by eating and drinking food or water containing lead or from dishes or glasses that contain lead. They may also breath lead dust by spending time in areas where lead-based paint is deteriorating, and during renovation or repair work that disturbs painted surfaces in older homes and buildings. Working in a job or engaging in hobbies where lead is used, such as making stained glass, can increase exposure as can certain folk remedies containing lead. A pregnant woman’s exposure to lead from these sources is of particular concern because it can result in exposure to her developing baby.
Lead can accumulate in our bodies over time, where it is stored in bones along with calcium. During pregnancy, lead is released from the mother's bones along with?calcium and can pass from the mother?exposing the fetus or the breastfeeding infant to lead. This can result in serious effects to the?developing fetus and infant, including: