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Rental Registry Anyone
There is a new mandate in many parts of the country that is being done in the name of healthy housing. Here is a list of some of them that are popping up all over. Part of it has to do with lead hazards found in homes, and that is where we come in. Other issues can be...
Using XRF for Dust Screening
I just read a fresh article written by a cadre of scientists in Chem Rxiv (an analytical Chemistry magazine) about using an XRF to do dust sampling screening in the field. They state, and I agree, that there has been a long-standing need to be able to do a quick lead...
Kansas City Was A Hit
I was able to visit with a great group of enthusiastic people in a wonderful setting. Ideas were shared on all sorts of topics related to lead and healthy housing. The overarching message was that we need to be scrappy and creative, finding funding for the important...
Lead Locators Heads To Kansas City MO
The 2025 National Lead and Healthy Housing Conference is being held in early August in Kansas City, Missouri, at the Westin Town Center. Lead Locators is an exhibitor, and I will be mingling with the crowd as well as attending the breakout sessions. Who's Who In The...
EPA Cover-Up Words
EPA Cover-Up. Ohh, Breaking news? Tell me more. Did I get the scoop? I recently had a conversation with a lead inspector on the Eastern half of the country, and I heard him say a word that piqued my ears. He said that the client needed to encapsulate the chipped paint...
Lead Dust Detection and NVG’s
I was a Flight Paramedic in Idaho for 35 years. I started as a volunteer with the South West Idaho division of the Back Country Medical Rescue Team. I carried a pager when I wasn't on shift as a paramedic on the ambulance. Then, when Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical...