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 where lead-based paint has
deteriorated because of deferred maintenance 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 these rules, lead-safe renovator certification and
company certification is required beginning April 22, 2010. Learn more about Wisconsin's
Lead-Safe Renovation Rule, including downloadable facts, 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
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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, is issuing Administrative Memorandum PB 11-02, effective
immediately, to approve comparable compliance under asbestos rule, s. DHS
159.03 (1), Wis. Adm. Code, that 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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In April 2010, the Wisconsin Legislature passed Senate Joint
Resolution 65 which required the Elimination Plan Implementation and
Oversight Committee to submit a report on the costs borne by the
educational and criminal justice systems attributable to lead
poisoning and methods to address lead paint hazards in housing. The
report, delivered to the Wisconsin Legislature on December 30, 2010,
is entitled "Response
to 2009 Senate Joint Resolution 65" (exit DHS).
A 2-page
summary (exit DHS) of the report is also available.
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The
Legacy of Lead Report
(PDF, 5.9 MB) earned recognition as a distinguished document in 2008 by the
Wisconsin Library Association (exit DHS)
and in 2009 by the American Library
Association. (exit DHS) The report reveals
the alarming scope of childhood lead poisoning in Wisconsin, discusses its causes and effects, and provides a systematic plan
to eliminate the problem.
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The August
2011 issue of the kids
unLEADed e-newsletter was distributed by Children's Health Alliance of
Wisconsin (exit DHS).
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