Download or read book The Economic and Health Consequences of Lead Paint Abatement Regulations written by Ludovica Angela Gazze and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis consists of three chapters on the economic and health consequences of lead paint abatement regulations. The first chapter studies the effect of state-level lead paint abatement regulations on housing markets, focusing on house prices, rents and the allocation of households across houses with different health risks. State lead abatement mandates require owners of old houses to mitigate lead hazards in the presence of small children. I estimate the effects of these mandates on the housing market using a triple differences strategy that exploits differences by state, year, and housing vintage. The estimates suggest a large fraction of the abatement costs fall on property owners, with house prices for multi-family properties declining by 6.4% and single-family homes declining 4.3%. These effects persist for at least a decade, consistent with low abatement rates. Families with small children bear part of the mandates' costs, too: after a mandate, these families are 17% less likely to live in old houses, and they pay higher rents for safer homes. These results suggest that the mandates have important real distributional consequences despite evidence of low abatement rates. The second chapter analyzes the impact of state-level lead paint abatement regulations on children's health and educational outcomes in a difference-in-differences framework.. Lead poisoning has long-lasting consequences on children's health, as well as on their cognitive and non-cognitive abilities. Abatement mandates reduce the rate of elevated blood lead levels by 29%. Moreover, the mandates decrease the rate of enrollment in special education in exposed cohorts by 8.1%, indicating a reduction in the number of children with disabilities. A back of the envelope calculation suggests that this decrease in the rate of enrollment in special education induces savings between $17.5 and $111 million per state-cohort on average, while the increased lifetime earnings from the reduction in blood lead levels could lead to increased tax revenues in the order of $2.8 million per state-cohort on average. However, the reduction in special education enrollment does not appear to be reflected in improvements in educational outcomes, as I find no evidence that average fourth-grade test scores and disciplinary actions change with the mandates. The third chapter analyzes both the selection of houses into compliance and individuals' valuation of lead-safe housing using address-level housing, environmental and health data. Lead paint in old homes is the major source of lead poisoning for US children despite federal and local regulations concerning the mitigation of lead hazards and the disclosure of lead status of a house whenever known. By leveraging detailed information on property owners, I find that small landlords are more likely to have non-compliant properties. Distressed landlords as indicated either by high loan to value ratios or by distressed sales have similar bad outcomes. By leveraging sales data, I estimate that the finding of a lead hazard significantly decreases the value of a house.
Download or read book Lead based Paint Poisoning written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lead Poisoning written by Joseph J. Breen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lead Poisoning discusses one of the most critical and preventable environmentally induced illnesses. The actual toll lead poisoning takes on society cannot be measured fully due to the "silent" nature of health effects, such as subtle intellectual deficits and neurological damage, caused by chronic low-level exposures. This book covers every major topic on the subject, including lead poisoning in children, sources of contamination, state-of-the-art sampling and analytical measurement methods, the newest studies on low-cost abatement methods, and much more. This reference is the most comprehensive presentation of issues currently available under one cover. The text is divided into three major parts. Part I provides insights from studies assessing lead exposures from paint, dust, soil, and lead battery recycling operations. The second part is a unique collection of strategic federal policy statements from the U.S. EPA, HUD, and HEW-CDC. It details the National Implementation Plan as well as a local government's efforts to provide low-cost effective risk communication and public outreach to the community. The next part offers seven chapters on analytical issues in the measurement of lead in blood, paint, dust, and soils. Part IV, Sampling Methods and Statistical Issues, rounds out the technical portion of the volume. The relationships among lead levels in biological and environmental media are investigated and the interpretive problems discussed. The use of multi-element analysis of environmental samples as an approach to investigate sources is described. The book finishes with its most unique feature-OPPT's Check Our Kids for Lead Program, one organization's effort to empower its employees to make a personal difference in confronting the problem of lead poisoning in children. The Program serves as a model for other government organizations (federal, state, and local), university and community organizations, and corporations to educate them and take personal and corporate responsibility for addressing this important and environmental health problem.
Download or read book Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead Based Paint Hazards in Housing written by David E. Jacobs and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1996-07 with total page 773 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster written by Werner Troesken and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of a long-running environmental catastrophe chronicles the harmful effects of lead pipes and their continued use despite evidence that they pose a significant health risk.
Download or read book Global elimination of lead paint written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead based Paint Hazards in Housing written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lead Paint Primer written by John Pesce and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lead paint poisoning has become a major health issue today; it is the number one environmental threat to children. Some 50 million homes are contaminated & one child out of nine is at risk of being harmed by this silent poison. In addition to the health risks, the public should also be aware of the potential for overpricing & poor quality in the lead paint industry. The public needs an authoritative resource to turn to. THE LEAD PAINT PRIMER is geared to answer the major questions of the average person. Written by two experts, it is an easy-to-understand guide identifying & remedying the problem of lead paint exposure. This book was created with the intent to clearly lay out the facts behind the problem & the steps to take if it affects you or your family. "The authors have a commendable style of presentation...that thoroughly embraces the subject in a refreshing combination of lay & technical language meant to reach the widest audience...the authors are to be complimented for its thoroughness & practical approach...it gives needed insight." --Samuel Meites, Clinical Chemistry Review, Vol. 37, No. 11, 1991. To order: Phone: (617) 662-3300.
Download or read book Lead based Paint Hazards written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lead Based Paint Poisoning Research written by Irwin Harold Billick and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lead based Paint written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Final Environmental Impact Statement on Lead Content in Paint written by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proposed Lead Based Paint Regulations written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Comprehensive and Workable Plan for the Abatement of Lead based Paint in Privately Owned Housing written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Final Environmental Impact Statement on Lead Content in Paint written by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Economic Analysis, Hazard Identification and Analysis Directorate and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fifty Years of Peeling Away the Lead Paint Problem written by David E. Jacobs and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2022-09-24 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty Years of Peeling Away the Lead Paint Problem: Saving Our Children's Future with Healthy Housing documents the history of childhood lead poisoning from paint between 1970 and 2022. Tracing the failure of the medical model (treatment after exposure) that marked the 1970s and 1980s and its replacement with a prevention housing-focused effort, the book documents the changes in health, housing and environmental science and policy. It is the first book to examine how the lead poisoning law in the U.S. was passed in 1992 and later implemented, with implications for the future, in particular, the emergence of a healthy housing movement. The book describes the roles played by Congress, various administrations, agencies, local governments, the private sector, researchers, and a popular citizen's movement, especially parents. The role of the courts is discussed, including a controversial lead paint case on research ethics in Baltimore through an environmental justice lens. This book is the first to examine another recent case in California, where ten local jurisdictions established a precedent by successfully suing the lead paint industry to help pay for abatement. Elucidates sources and pathways of lead paint exposure Details how the environment, housing and public health sectors can best collaborate with researchers and citizens to develop and implement change in housing and health Contains new stories and archived scientific data not available elsewhere
Download or read book Lead based Paint Poisoning written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
