Canton City
Health Department
James M.
Adams, R.S., M.P.H., Health Commissioner
Promoting and Protecting Health Since 1849
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420 Market Ave. North |
- Lead safe practices are safe ways of working with leaded paint. - Lead safe practices are used when doing remodeling or maintenance to your home when paint will be disturbed as part of the work - The first goal of lead safe practices is to minimize dust when doing maintenance or remodeling projects, and to clean the work areas using lead specific cleaning - The second goal of lead safe practices is to keep the painted surfaces of your home intact. Intact leaded paint is not a lead hazard - When disturbing paint in your home DO NOT: - dry scrape painted surfaces - dry sand painted surfaces - use a high temp heat gun to remove paint - use a grinder to remove paint - painters masks do not protect you from lead dust - power wash your house. This can spread lead paint chips into the yard. - Lead safe practices: DO THESE - WET scraping paint, (use a spray bottle with water to wet the surface) - WET sand the surface (use a spray bottle with water to wet the surface) - Use plastic sheeting to seal off rooms which are being remodeled - Use plastic sheeting to seal furnace vents - Use a garden hose to wet down large areas before scraping/sanding - Use drop cloths to catch paint chips and throw the paint chips in the trash - Do not let children or pregnant women in the work areas until cleaned - Use a HEPA filtered vac to clean the work area (borrow ours) - Maintain all paint in an intact condition - Write lead safe practices into contracts with contractors who you hire - Rent HEPA filtered sanding\/grinding equipment if possible - Wash work clothes separately from the families clothes Notes: _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________
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