Ms. Nordquist had asked RC2 for a refund on her recalled trains, mostly on principle, she said, but also to cover the $39 she spent on lead tests for her children.
As a parent and grandparent, I would insist on a lead test for every child at 6 months of age and again at ages 1 and 2, when all kinds of objects and fingers find their way into children's mouths.
Blood lead testing is mandatory for DC children at 1 and 2 years of age.
A standard residential questionnaire was administered, and lead testing was performed for both the interior and exterior of homes.
A competitor on the Le Mans circuit and, incidentally, married to Holly Mason, daughter of Nick Mason, the drummer for Pink Floyd, Franchitti is the lead test driver for the DeltaWing, a racing machine that defies facile categorization.
But what was once thought to be a $400,000 project for lead testing and site improvements became more expensive as additional work and damage piled up, records show.
Teams collected two types of environmental samples for lead testing.
We considered using an XRF gun for lead testing, but it failed to meet our affordability criterion.
Mr. Todaro, who operated an environmental inspection and testing company, acknowledged that he had submitted clean asbestos and lead test results for at least a decade without performing any tests.
Lead testing kits are commercially available for detecting the presence of lead in the household.
