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[quote=Anonymous]Anything built before 1970 has lead paint.  The safest is to have all paint fresh, no peeling, etc. Deleading is a messy job and can do more harm initially then good.  It is best to just slab on thick fresh, paint.   No sanding, etc.
We lived in a 1880 rowhouse in Georgetown when I was pregnant and had a toddler.  I was neurotic about the water and 'dust'.  I was continually advised by the medical community that we would have to be eating huge amounts of paint chips for any harm.  Kids and I were repeatedly tested for lead levels (our blood levels were always nearly non-existent for lead...well below what would statistically be normal).   when we did do minor renovations I moved in with my mom for a week and had dh neurotically clean, wet mop, etc.  We also had vents covered.

Be worried about old carpeting that could harbor lead dust from earlier renovations.  We had newly sanded wood floors so no harm there.

As a landlord- i know I have safely lived in the house as a pregnant woman and with babies.  Fortunately--the past 7 years we have rented to a single bachelor and one family that go pregnant and had a baby there.  I did advise the pregnant woman about DC water and to filter, filter, filter or buy bottled.[/quote]

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