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Kevin Johnson owns an ACE Hardware franchise. Since the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) recent announcement about new risks of lead paint in homes, he's seen plenty of concerned parents checking ...

If you're thinking about testing for lead paint in your home, you're doing the right thing. Lead is a chemical that's not to ...

Home test kits used to detect lead in toys are unreliable, according to two recent studies by Consumer Reports and the federal government. Two recent studies indicate that home test kits used to ...

Question: My friend and I want to spruce up her sunroom. She suspected the paint on the wood trim was lead-based, which made us nervous about all the sanding we'd have to do. We got a lead-paint test ...

Q: My friend and I want to spruce up her sunroom. She suspected the paint on the wood trim was lead-based, which made us nervous about all the sanding we'd have to do. We got a lead-paint test kit, ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Up to 86 percent of houses built before 1978 in the U.S. have at least some lead paint, according to the Environmental ...