Testing for Lead-based paint is easy and fun with the Lumetallix instant lead test kit. Although the 3M lead test swabs have been off the market since October 2023, we now know that 3M sold lead testing swabs to a company that will eventually reintroduce them to the...
In a recent exposé on a Denver TV show, the Lumetallix lead testing product was pitted against an XRF gun to demonstrate that the XRF is a far superior tool for identifying lead hazards, essentially attempting to discredit our instant lead test by highlighting false...
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...
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...
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...
I just received another sad case study of leaded children that reportedly occurred several years ago over a several-year period. While enjoying living in a vintage national park housing complex, the employees were a young family of 2 with one on the way. The details...