Sentence examples for deteriorating paint from inspiring English sources

Deteriorating paint in older homes is the primary source of lead exposure for children, who ingest paint chips and inhale lead-contaminated dust.

Proponents of the bill insist that despite earlier legislation aimed at eliminating exposure to lead, largely from the dust of deteriorating paint, thousands of children are exposed to significant levels each year.

Decades of accumulated evidence now warns of significant impacts to learning and behavior and risks of chronic diseases at even low levels of exposure -- generally through the lead dust from deteriorating paint.

However and despite the efficiency of these copper-based coatings, fouling still occurs due to deteriorating paint, presence of biofilms, method of application, and increasing copper tolerances [11].

As a surrogate, we examined the age of the home, because most lead poisoning is children is caused by exposure to deteriorating paint in older buildings.

Although we found that homeownership status was a significant predictor of floor PbD in bivariate analysis, after controlling for other factors such as PIR, renovation, and the presence of deteriorating paint, it was not significant in the final models.

We found that dust wipe samples taken from homes with chipping, peeling, or flaking (i.e., deteriorated) paint had higher windowsill PbD than homes without deteriorated paint, which is consistent with other research (U.S. HUD 2004; Wilson et al. 2006).

Properties found to have deteriorated paint in excess of HUD's de minimis level or bare soil within 3 ft of the house fail the visual inspection.

The National Survey of Lead and Allergens in Housing, a nationally representative, random sample of 831 housing units surveyed between 1998 and 2000, found only 14% had significantly deteriorated paint (Jacobs et al. 2002).

As the number of older housing units declines (as reported in AHS), the prevalence of lead-based paint can also be expected to decline, because older housing is more likely to have deteriorated paint and that paint is more likely to be lead-based paint.

Household samples of all deteriorated paints, floor dusts, and soils, if appropriate, were sampled by the Philadelphia Health Department following U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) guidelines (HUD 1995).