EPA Settlements Help Protect Public Against Health Hazards from Lead Exposure

75 actions announced related to the EPA's Lead RRP Rule Originally released by the US Environmental Protection Agency on October 22, 201...

EPA Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

Learn how to protect your home and family from lead. Originally released by the US Environmental Protection Agency on October 22, 2015. EPA ...

News Release: EPA Enforcement Settlement to Benefit KCMO Youth Center

Settlement with Home Renovation Company to Benefit Kansas City, Mo., Youth Education Center Originally released by the US Environmental Prot...

HUD Awards $101 Million to Protect Children and Families from Dangerous Lead and Other Home Hazards

Funding to make more than 6,000 homes safer and healthier places to live Originally released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Dev...

Landlord to Pay Rhode Island Tenant $350,000+ for Lead Poisoning

Historic verdict highlights dangers of lead Originally released by the Childhood Lead Action Project, July 2015 .  Contact: Laura Brion, (40...

Property Managers to Pay Large Penalty In EPA Lead Paint Disclosures Claim

Hartford, CT Property Management Companies Settle for $48,000 with EPA for Lead Paint Disclosure Lapses Originally released by the US Enviro...

Study Finds New Dangers of Lead Exposure

Lead exposure during pregnancy can affect infants’ brain development. Protecting children from lead exposure should start even before birth....

EPA News Release: Property Management Firm to Pay Fine and Take Measures to Protect Children from Lead-Based Paint in EPA Settlement

For immediate release from the New England Regional Office April 15, 2015 Contact: David Deegan, (617) 918-1017 Stamford, Conn. Property Man...

Filling out the EPA's Firm Application for Lead Renovation through CDX

As of September 15, 2015, the EPA will no longer accept the EPA Lead Safe Firm Applications via mail. All applications for certification sho...

RRP Lead Renovator Refresher Online Training - Just Around the Corner?

As the five year anniversary of the EPA's Lead Safe Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule approaches this April, many professional...

EPA News Release: EPA acts to protect children from lead-based paint hazards in eight Northern Calif. communities

Release Date: 10/22/2014 Contact Information: Suzanne Skadowski, 415-972-3165, skadowski.suzanne@epa.gov Untrained and uncertified companies...

EPA Deems RRP Lead-Paint Rule A Success, Plans for Future

By Craig Webb, Editor-in-Chief, Remodeling and ProSales at Hanley Wood Four years since the launch of the federal government’s lead-safe ren...

Delaware Administers New Lead Paint Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Program

Delaware has become the first state in the Mid-Atlantic Region to administer its own lead-based paint Renovation, Repair, and Painting Progr...

Lowe's To Begin Compliance Program for RRP

Lowe's Home Centers is one of the largest home improvement retailers. Recently, they reported they implement a compliance program that w...

EPA To Strictly Enforce RRP Rule in Connecticut

New Haven, CT - The Environmental Protection Agency recently has contacted over 200 home renovation and painting contractors, property manag...

EPA Settles Over Lead Dust Violations At Governor’s Mansion

(Casey Kelly/KTOO) Lead poisoning is nasty business. It can cause headaches and seizures, and result in miscarriages. If you’re a child, the...

Toledo Proposes New Lead Paint Law

Lead Abatement Worker Toledo, OH - City Council members and two nonprofit organizations in Toledo are advocating for a new law that would re...