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[quote=Anonymous] This is so shocking to me! We just put a contract on a house built in 1964. I had an environmental inspector come in and check for lead. There is no lead paint in the house, but he said there are high levels of lead in the bathtub!   I was in total shock. It is a cast iron tub and the inspector said the glaze contains high levels of lead. Apparently it is extremely difficult to remove a cast iron bathtub from my home as they can way up to 800 pounds.  We love the house and the rest of the home inspection went well, but this is the only tub in the house and I have three small children. Has anyone experienced this before? When I googled it it said it's very common. Apparently before about 1970 it was common to put lead in the glaze in bathtubs. I'm reading story after story of children who had high levels of lead and the doctors couldn't figure out why until an inspector went in and realized it was the bathtub.  I am wondering if anyone else out there has experience with this? Especially with old houses in DC and Alexandria in Arlington? What are the solutions for remediating the lead in the bathtub? Is my only choice to spend thousands and thousands of dollars to remove the bathtub? Or is there something else I can do? [/quote]

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