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Report on the State of Development, Availability, Evaluation, and Future use of Test Kits for the Measurement of Lead in Paint
Citation:
Gutknecht, W. F., W. Winstead, C. A. Salmons, AND D. A. Binstock. Report on the State of Development, Availability, Evaluation, and Future use of Test Kits for the Measurement of Lead in Paint. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-10/068 (NTIS PB2010-112901), 2010.
Impact/Purpose:
The National Exposure Research Laboratory′s (NERL) Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division (HEASD) conducts research in support of EPA′s mission to protect human health and the environment. HEASD′s research program supports Goal 1 (Clean Air) and Goal 4 (Healthy People) of EPA′s strategic plan. More specifically, our division conducts research to characterize the movement of pollutants from the source to contact with humans. Our multidisciplinary research program produces Methods, Measurements, and Models to identify relationships between and characterize processes that link source emissions, environmental concentrations, human exposures, and target-tissue dose. The impact of these tools is improved regulatory programs and policies for EPA.
Description:
The purpose of this issue paper is to address the availability and performance characteristics of portable lead test kits especially suited for lead in paint, procedures for evaluating the performance of these test kits, and the availability of performance evaluation (PE) materials suitable for test kits. Knowledge and understanding of these issues will provide a platform for identifying approaches or modifications that can be used with current or newly developed test kits for lead in paint to adjust their performance to meet the new Federal performance standards found in Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program; Proposed Rule (EPA, 2006).