by Joe Levitch | May 21, 2025 | Advice, Lead Testing
The scenario plays out all over the country repeatedly. A child goes in for a checkup and gets a routine finger prick from their pediatrician for lead. The screening test comes back positive, so they repeat the test, and it is positive again. Then, a venous draw is...
by Joe Levitch | May 2, 2025 | Advice, Lead Detection, Lead Dust
I recall a conversation regarding a cancer bucket. What is a cancer bucket, you ask? It was a metaphorical way of explaining that once you are prone to getting cancer (which was a genetic thing in their case), there were behaviors that could start filling the cancer...
by Joe Levitch | Apr 12, 2025 | Advice, Lead Detection, Lead Dust, Lead Testing
According to my sources, getting clearance is even more difficult due to the new lowered threshold for lead dust in federally funded projects or when Lead abatement is happening. It’s Like Taking An Open Book Test Wouldn’t it be great if you knew that...
by Joe Levitch | Mar 29, 2025 | Advice, Healthy Homes, Lead Detection, Lead Dust, Lead Testing
For years, I have been working under the assumption that a CLPPP was a program that could help prevent lead poisoning of children, as Ben Franklin said. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Ben also coincidently discovered the health risks...
by Joe Levitch | Mar 14, 2025 | Lead Detection, Lead Dust, Lead Testing
Anthony Weaver is a Lead Risk Assessor in Toledo, Ohio. The city of Toledo created its own Lead Rules in 2016. He is very connected to his community’s Public Health network. He has established himself as an expert, advocate, and educator for Childhood Lead...
