Common use of Renovate Right Clause in Contracts

Renovate Right. Other Sources of Lead While paint, dust, and soil are the most common sources of lead, other lead sources also exist: • Drinking water. Your home might have plumbing with lead or lead solder. You cannot see, smell, or taste lead, and boiling your water will not get rid of lead. If you think your plumbing might contain lead: • Use only cold water for drinking and cooking. • Run water for 15 to 30 seconds before drinking it, especially if you have not used your water for a few hours. Call your local health department or water supplier to find out about testing your water, or visit xxx.xxx/xxxx for EPA’s lead in drinking water information. • Lead smelters or other industries that release lead into the air. • Your job. If you work with lead, you could bring it home on your body or clothes. Shower and change clothes before coming home. Launder your work clothes separately from the rest of your family’s clothes. • Hobbies that use lead, such as making pottery or stained glass, or refinishing furniture. Call your local health department for information about hobbies that may use lead. • Old toys and furniture may have been painted with lead-containing paint. Older toys and other children’s products may have parts that contain lead.4 • Food and liquids cooked or stored in lead crystal or lead-glazed pottery or porcelain may contain lead. • Folk remedies, such as “xxxxx” and “xxxxxxx,” used to treat an upset stomach. 4 In 1978, the federal government banned toys, other children’s products, and furniture with lead-containing paint (16 CFR 1303). In 2008, the federal government banned lead in most children’s products. The federal government currently bans lead in excess of 100 ppm by weight in most children’s products (76 FR 44463).