Lead-Safe Wisconsin
Lead exposure in young children can cause reduced IQ and
attention span, learning
disabilities, developmental delays, and a range of other health and behavioral effects. Most exposures
occur in homes or daycares built before 1978 from chipping and
peeling lead-based paint and the lead-tainted dust it creates or where lead
hazards have been created through renovation done
without using lead-safe work practices.
Prevention of lead poisoning can be
accomplished by eliminating
lead-based paint hazards before children are exposed. Wisconsin's goal is to eliminate this disease by working to
make Wisconsin's housing lead-safe, and by improving the
detection and treatment of lead poisoning in children.
Wisconsin's
Lead-Safe Renovation Rule.
Under this rule, lead-safe renovator certification and
company certification is required beginning April 22, 2010. Learn more about Wisconsin's
Lead-Safe Renovation Rule, including downloadable fact sheets, guidance
documents and a list of training
providers of the Lead-Safe Renovator course.
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Your lead-safe renovation questions
answered here! Contractors; rental property owners, property managers and maintenance
personnel; school administrators and maintenance personnel; daycare
providers, hospital administrators and maintenance personnel;
homeowners and do-it-yourselfers; and
anyone else interested in additional information on the Renovation
Rule. |
Asbestos-Containing
Window Glazing & Caulk Policy for Lead Contractors and
Lead-Safe Renovators. (PDF, 29 KB) The Department of Health Services, Asbestos
and Lead Section, has issued Administrative Memorandum PB 11-02, effective
immediately, to approve comparable compliance under asbestos rule, s. DHS
159.03 (1), Wis. Adm. Code. This code allows certified lead abatement
supervisors, lead abatement workers and lead-safe renovators to work on or
remove windows or window sashes that contain non-friable glazing or caulk
without also carrying separate asbestos abatement certification.
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Last Revised: May 10, 2012 |
