Angie's List episode 1: The Angie's List Lead Safety Tour

Four hundred thousand children currently suffer from lead poisoning, almost exclusively from exposure in their homes. An Angie's List Magazine investigation of nearly 200 contractors found that one third gave unsafe advice about basic lead safety practices on home projects, causing a danger to everyone involved, especially children. In the first episode of List-en up!, we visit one of the first stops of the Angie's List Lead Safety Tour, which aims to educate homeowners, parents, and contractors about basic lead safety practices. In Indianapolis, we talk to lead safety experts about the dangers of lead poisoning and how to avoid it. We also meet some concerned parents who had their children tested for lead poisoning.

Thankfully, lead poisoning is avoidable. To encourage and spread awareness about lead safety, the Angie's List Lead Safety Tour features: * Blood lead level testing for children * U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-approved training for contractors who work with lead-based paint * Informal seminar for homeowners about what they need to know when hiring a contractor who will disturb lead-based paint * Tutorial for do-it-yourselfers who might disturb lead-based paint

For more info, dates and locations near you, go to http://leadsafety.angieslist.com.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• lead
• paint
• safety
• children
• home
• hazard
• house
• indianapolis
• contractors
• customers
• handyman
• abatement