3. What is considered lead-based paint according to HUD/EPA?
Answer Paint that has lead 1 mg/cm^2 or 0.5% by weight
4. What is considered lead-based paint according to OSHA?
Answer Paint that has any detectable amount of lead
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5. What is the maximum amount of lead in consumer products according to
CDC/CPSC?
Answer 90 ppm or 0.009% by weight
6. When did lead-based paint usage decline?
Answer It declined in the 1950s as latex paint became cheaper and more popular
7. What was the industry standard for residential lead-based paint in 1955?
Answer -
1%, which was adopted by Congress in 1971 and reduced to 0.06% in 1978
8. Are there any restrictions on the use of lead-based paint for non-residential
uses?
Answer No, there are no federal restrictions on the use of lead-based paint for
industrial purposes and it is still used in some areas
9. How does lead enter the body?
Answer The lead can enter the child's system in one of three ways
-Eating contaminated food or substances
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-Breathing contaminated air
-Drinking contaminated water
The most common mode of transmission into the body is exposure to household dust
or yard soil that is contaminated with lead.
10. What consumer products contain lead?
Answer Imported goods, pool cue chalk, calcium supplements from bone or oyster
shells, some hair dyes
11. What is body burden?
Answer The total amount of lead in the body at any point
12. How long does lead stay in your body?
Answer The half-life of lead is 1 month in the bloodstream, 1-1.5 months in soft
tissue, and 25-30 years in bone
13. What makes lead in bones dangerous?
Answer Lead absorbed in the bone in the past can be mobilized during pregnancy,
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