by Joe Levitch | Aug 13, 2025 | Lead Detection, Lead Dust, Lead Testing
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...
by Joe Levitch | Aug 8, 2025 | Company News
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...
by Joe Levitch | Jul 28, 2025 | Healthy Homes, Resources
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...
by Joe Levitch | Jul 25, 2025 | Healthy Homes, Resources
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...
by Joe Levitch | Jul 5, 2025 | Advice, Lead Detection, Lead Dust
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...