Lead poisoning is the #1
environmental threat to children's health. Experts agree
that the most common
cause of lead poisoning is exposure to dust
from deteriorated lead-based paint in the child's home or daycare.
The Vermont Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Program provides financial and technical assistance to income-eligible landlords and homeowners to reduce the risk of lead poisoning caused by lead-based paint hazards. Residents are relocated while work is underway. Work is completed by certified lead abatement contractors and testing is done to insure properties are safe before residents return.
We are available by phone at (802) 828-5064
or 1-800-290-0527 during normal business hours.
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Lead Safe Vermont is a web site providing valuable information for parents, homeowners, renters, landlords and
contractors.
Información Básica: Efectos De Salud Del Plomo
Spanish language lead information
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/leadinfoesp.htm
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/pyfcameraspan.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/span_web_secure.pdf
http://epa.gov/lead/pubs/leadprot.htm
Includes Russian, Arabic, Somali, and Vietnamese
Rental Property Owners, Managers and Contractors:
Attend a Free
Training on Lead Paint Safety and Essential Maintenance Practices
Under Vermont law, owners of rental housing and daycare centers built before 1978 are required to complete certain “Essential Maintenance Practices” (EMPs) to reduce the risks from lead contamination.
Children Should be Tested for Lead at Ages 1 and 2
The Vermont Department of Health recommends that all children living in or attending daycare in housing built before 1978 be tested for lead poisoning at age 1 and 2. Information about blood lead testing and steps parents can take to reduce risks to children is available from the Vermont Department of Health at 1-800-439-8550.
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"Get the Lead Out of Vermont" Report Released
February 1, 2007
Attorney General William Sorrell and Acting Commissioner of Health Sharon Moffatt, RN, MSN, released the results of a year-long study of lead poisoning in Vermont. The report recommends a wide variety of actions the State can take to reduce the effects of lead on all Vermonters. See press release for full details.
Salvaged Doors Stripped of Paint Present Lead Threat In the News, p. 4, Journal of Light Construction, June 2006
BEWARE: Doors that have been chemically stripped of paint can retain enough lead to poison children and adults when sanded. An article in the June 2006 issue of the Journal of Light Construction reports on the dangerously high levels of lead that can be present in salvaged architectural components. The article describes the experience of a family from Montgomery, Vermont assisted by VHCB's Lead Paint Hazard Abatement Program.
Salvaged Building Components: The Hidden Danger to You and Your Family
Staff of the Lead Paint Program have prepared a one-page sheet describing how to test salvaged building components for lead paint and warning about the importance of using lead-safe work practices when using salvaged building materials
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