If you have lead in your apartment, this is something that you need to get fixed right away. Do not delay.
Lead could lead to major health complications.
Want to learn more about lead, visit The USA Environmental Protection Agency
Here are additional links from EPA:
Learn about lead
Where it is found
How you can be exposed
Lower your chances of exposure to lead
Health effects
Enforcing laws and regulations
Protecting children and adults from lead poisoning
Addressing lead at Superfund sites
Contractors must be lead-safe certified
It's easy to get your child tested
You can make your home lead-safe
Landlords and property sellers must disclose information on lead-based paint hazards
Lead can enter your drinking water through your pipes
Parents and families
Hire a lead safe certified firm
Lead Free Kids Campaign
Pregnant women and nursing mothers
Do-it-yourselfers
The below pictures are actual ones from my mom's building. The inside of the apartment also had lead.
We then had further issues with the landlord because the contractor they were using did not properly secure the premise of their tools.
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