Lead-Based Paint

Lead was used in paint prior to 1978 as pigment or additive to help with the durability. Lead-Based Paint is most often seen on high impact surfaces such as door cases, window troughs, floors, and exterior surfaces of buildings and homes. Lead-Based Paint contamination and exposure affects small children most and can cause serious health concerns.

Inspections
Cromwell Environmental conducts hundreds of Lead-Based Paint (also called LBP or Lead Paint) Inspections and Risk Assessments every month in multiple states. Our licensed and insured employees are experienced in using the latest X-Ray Florescence (XRF) devices to quickly identify lead paint hazards in buildings, documenting the condition and potential health hazards associated with lead-based paint contamination and providing our clients with comprehensive reports.Cromwell Environmental is an expert at handling major HUD-based lead inspection contracts, but we are also equally comfortable with performing single samplings for homeowners (such as are often done prior to remodeling). Offering quick turn-around time and interaction with web-based vendor portal software such as HomeTracker, REO Tracker, and HomesViewer, among others.

Clearance Testing
It is estimated that nearly 25% of exposure is due to improper techniques during clean-up efforts. After a lead-based paint abatement or stabilization, or as part of a Section (8) housing inspection, lead levels are analyzed from dust in and around the work area. This lead-based paint clearance testing is performed by Cromwell Environmental to determine if state applicable lead clearance standards have been reached or if additional work is necessary.

Project Monitoring
Cromwell Environmental offers lead abatement project supervision certified Lead-Based Paint Risk Assessors and Industrial Hygienists who monitor the lead abatement contractor’s activities to ensure compliance with OSHA regulations. Collection of clearance and TCLP samples are taken periodically as well as air samples to ensure that engineering controls and health and safety precautions are met.