Project Funder: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Project Contact: Jonathan Wilson, jwilson@nchh.org, 443.539.4162 Project Description This project compared the performance of trained and untrained individuals in the use of field kits for settled dust lead testing. With advice from an… More
October 9th, 2017
Evaluation of Lead Hazard Interventions in Connecticut
Project Funder: The Town of Manchester, Connecticut Project Contact: Jonathan Wilson, jwilson@nchh.org; 443.539.4162 Project Description NCHH was engaged to evaluate the Town of Manchester’s effectiveness of its lead hazard control program to reduce interior dust lead loadings significantly. Units… More
October 3rd, 2017
An Evaluation of the City of Rochester’s Lead Law
Project Partner: Center for Governmental Research (CGR) Project Funder: Greater Rochester Health Foundation Project Contact: Jonathan Wilson, jwilson@nchh.org, 443.539.4162 Project Description Rochester, New York, was the first U.S. city to have a housing inspection law that incorporates both visual inspections and dust wipes… More
October 3rd, 2017
Evaluation of the Milwaukee Lead Ordinance
Project Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Project Partners: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Battelle Memorial Institute Project Contact: Jonathan Wilson, jwilson@nchh.org, 443.539.4162 Project Description In 1999, the City of Milwaukee enacted an ordinance requiring owners… More
September 11th, 2017
Rochester Lead-in-Dust Study
Project Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Project Partner: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Project Contact: David E. Jacobs, djacobs@nchh.org, 443.539.4157 Project Description This study validated the wipe sampling method for lead dust by comparing… More
August 22nd, 2017
Effectiveness of a One-Time Professional Cleaning for Lead
Project Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Project Partner: Vermont Housing and Conservation Board Project Contact: Jonathan Wilson, jwilson@nchh.org, 443.539.4162. Project Description One-time professional cleaning of lead-contaminated dust and debris was conducted in 37 units with deteriorated lead-based paint and dust… More
August 22nd, 2017
Lead Hazards in Common Areas
Project Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Project Partner: University of Cincinnati Project Contact: Jonathan Wilson, jwilson@nchh.org, 443.539.4162 Project Description This study examined the relationships between common area paint and dust lead levels and the floor dust lead loadings in… More
June 14th, 2017
NIEHS Windows Study
Project Funders: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Project Partners: New York University School of Medicine Project Contact: David E. Jacobs, djacobs@nchh.org, 410.539.4157 Project Description The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences awarded an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act challenge grant to the… More
June 14th, 2017
Lead Dust and Housing Demolition
Project Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Project Partners: The University of Illinois at Chicago and the Metropolitan Tenants Organization Project Contact: David E. Jacobs, djacobs@nchh.org, 443.539.4157 Project Description The study examined lead particulate dust-fall deposition generated by housing demolition… More
June 14th, 2017
Lead Dust and Blood Lead Analysis Using NHANES
Project Funders: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Project Partners: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Healthy Housing Solutions, and Battelle Memorial Institute Project Contact: David E. Jacobs, djacobs@nchh.org, 443.539.4157 Project Description Lead-contaminated house dust is a major source… More