As a parent or guardian, your primary goal in life is protecting your child from harm. It can therefore come as quite a shock if you find out that your new Acton real estate could potentially cause your child harm through outdated construction materials like lead paint. This article will help you learn to recognize and remove lead paint and familiarize yourself with the dangers of letting such a problem persist.
Before most of the high rise Mississauga condominium towers were built, manufacturers added lead to their paint as a pigment (especially in whites and yellows) and to speed up the drying process. It was banned here and in the states in 1978 but is still used in some commercial and military processes.
Lead is a heavy metal, the final stage in the degradation process of radioactive materials. While not radioactive itself, ingestion of lead, even in small amounts, can interfere with bodily processes and poison organs. Prolonged (weeks or months) or extreme exposure, either in its metallic form or as part of the paint on the walls of some Penetanguishene real estate, can result in a condition known as lead poisoning, which is more dangerous to children under six than it is to adults, because it can delay or damage development, resulting in malformations, as well as learning and behavior disorders.
A person with lead poisoning will complain of stomach pains, headaches and weakness and may be pale and irritable. Severe lead poisoning can result in seizures, coma, or death. Obviously not every person in UWO off campus housing suffering from one or all of these symptoms has lead poisoning, so blood tests must be done to confirm. Treatment usually involves removing the source of lead, and in more severe cases chelation therapy, in which a substance is given to bond with and allow the lead to be excreted.
Before you have the walls of your Lindsay, Ontario real estate real estate stripped of their paint, you should be aware that exposure to lead through paint comes not through the air or from tactile contact with the wall but from accidental ingestion of contaminated paint flakes or dust. Therefore sanding or otherwise renovating lead-painted walls while you and your children are still in the house can actually make the problem worse. The best way to handle it is to have trained professionals remove the paint while you are living elsewhere and make sure all dust is thoroughly cleaned up before you return.
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