What is Lead Poisoning?
Lead Poisoning is a serious condition that can produce irreversible damage in pregnant adults and children. It’s important to find out its source so you can prevent or mitigate its terrible effects. In older homes, with the deterioration of lead-based plumbing, window framing and walls painted prior to 1978, the chances of lead poisoning are increased.

How do you get Lead Poisoned?
Children can easily ingest lead at home because it is all around them. Lead is in paint chips, tap water, dust and the soil (where they play). The younger the child, the greater the damage lead causes. For children under six years of age, lead can impact their physical and mental development.

Lead can also affect adults too. Women that become pregnant have to be careful as lead can affect the fetus through pregnancy. There have been instances of construction workers going home after working on a lead contaminated jobsite by bringing the lead particulates home on their clothing and bodies. This affects all occupants of the home, whether a child or pregnant female.

Health Effects
Lead poisoning in children leads to developmental delays, learning difficulties, abdominal pain, hearing loss, stunted growth, seizures and other conditions. In adults, they can include high blood pressure, joint pain, volatility and anger issues, abdominal pain, pregnancy issues and concentration problems.

Call on Parklam Environmental, LLC
Locating and removing the source of the lead is paramount. Otherwise, the poisoning will continue, and the symptoms will worsen.

Parklam Environmental, LLC provides unbiased lead testing services, inspection, monitoring and clearance throughout the five boroughs, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Sullivan, Dutchess, Ulster and Putnam Counties.

Since we do not provide lead remediation and abatement, our testing is impartial and unbiased, since there are no conflicts of interest.