Is Your Home At Risk?
News broke this week that New York City significantly underreported the number of children who are suffering from lead poisoning. While its true that new, more stringent standards increase the number of individuals classified as having lead poisoning, the danger remains the same for anyone living in--or adjacent to--a home or apartment built prior to 1978. "About 80% of the metro New York housing stock was built prior to 1978, the year that lead paint was banned," says Tom Ta