Lead Painted Table

Kitchen table positive for 1,400 ppm Lead, yet overlooked by an inspector as an exposure source for a child’s Blood Lead Level.

Kitchen table positive for 1,400 ppm Lead, yet overlooked by an inspector as an exposure source for a child’s Blood Lead Level.

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This kitchen table was positive with levels as high as 1,400 ppm Lead — a hazard that was overlooked, considered insignificant by an inspector, yet was a likely primary source of exposure for a child. A family I visited last year had an unidentified “mystery” source of persistent Lead exposure for their three-year-old son. The…