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By Kanishka Singh<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed stricter regulations for lead exposure in residential buildings and childcare facilities. <\/p>\n

Any amount of lead found in a building will be regarded as hazardous, according to the proposed rule from the EPA that would lower its lead dust hazard level to any level greater than zero. <\/p>\n

The rule will, therefore, require disclosures for home buyers, and in certain cases for the paint or source of the lead to be removed.<\/p>\n

Although the federal government banned lead-based paint for residential use in 1978, it is estimated that 31 million pre-1978 houses still contain lead-based paint, and 3.8 million of them have one or more children under the age of six living there, creating health and developmental risks for children, the EPA said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The proposed rule is estimated to reduce the lead exposures of about 250,000 to 500,000 children under age six per year, the EPA said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“This proposal to safely remove lead paint along with our other efforts to deliver clean drinking water and replace lead pipes will go a long way toward protecting the health of our next generation of leaders,” said EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe.<\/p>\n

Lead exposure can damage the brain and kidneys and interfere with red blood cells that carry oxygen to all parts of the body. It poses a particular danger to children, whose nervous systems are still developing.<\/p>\n

“There is no safe level of lead. Even low levels are detrimental to children\u2019s health, and this proposal would bring us closer to eradicating lead-based paint hazards from homes and child care facilities across the U.S once and for all,” said Michal Freedhoff, assistant administrator for the office of chemical safety and pollution prevention. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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