Suprise...Bounce Houses May Contain IQ Bashing Lead

On August 11th, 2010 the Center for Environmental Health announced a lawsuit to stop the sale of bounces houses that contain lead. These inflatable gems were found to contain 70 times the federal limit for lead in children’s products under the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act.

RRP Legal Opinion Letter

I commissioned my lawyer to weigh in on the RRP rule. I wanted a better understanding in what the EPA really ment. so check it out at RRP Legal Opinion.

Renovators, the end result is the children. When ever you get sideways about the extra work that is involved just think if it was your kid that was reuined forever due to a renovation on a pre 1978 home.

Lead Test Demo

Check out this demonstration. It can also be found on the check4lead.com website.

Top 5 Lead Sources In Your Home

Here is a list that should make your blood curl. The original post can be found at my lead paint test blog check4lead.com.

1) Vinyl mini-blinds from Asia or Mexico.
2) Christmas Lights and Older Fake Christmas Trees
3) Electrical Cords
4) The soil around Your Home
5) Water

Scott

Top 5 Sources Of Lead Around Your Home

This list is more then a bit surprising to many. Please, please, please get your child a blood lead test if you believe that there is even a remote chance of lead exposure.

1) Vinyl mini-blinds from Asia or Mexico.
2) Christmas Lights and Older Fake Christmas Trees
3) Electrical Cords
4) The soil around Your Home
5) Water

To read more about this list goto Top 5 Sources Of Lead In Your Home.

The History of Lead, Benjamin Franklin, Ludwig van Beethoven and Home Lead Test Kits

The sorted history of Benjamin Franklin's realization that lead was pure poison. The article takes the reader from the History of Lead, Benjamin Franklin, Ludwig van Beethoven and Home Lead Test Kits. Benjamin recognized that patients suffering from similar ailments, in a French hospital, had one thing in common. They all worked with LEAD.

426,000 Child Products Recalled Due to Lead

Parents need to keep their eyes out for these products. Pure poison. 174,000 "Children’s Greeting Cards with Bracelets" where recalled due to the "product's" surface paint coating on the bracelets containing excessive levels of lead that violate the federal lead paint standard and a general regard for humanity. Check out the rest at my lead paint test kit site.

Horse Toy Figures Fails Lead Test

15,000 Horse Figures have been recalled. This "Toy" could be one of 50 I might have bought my son in the last year. He loves animals. It just blows me away that this is still happening. How is it that we can not control what is coming into our borders. How hard is it to test for lead in paint?