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Prevalence of Lead Hazards and Soil Arsenic in U.S. Housing

Abstract

The American Healthy Homes Survey, June 2005—March 2006, measured levels of lead and arsenic in homes nationwide. Based on a three-stage cluster sample of 1,131 housing units, key statistically weighted estimates of the prevalence of lead-based paint (LBP) and LBP hazards associated with paint, dust, and soil, and arsenic in dust and soil, were as follows: 37.1 million homes (35%) had some LBP; 23.2 million (22%) had one or more LBP hazards; 93% of the homes with LBP were built before 1978. The highest prevalence of LBP and LBP hazards was in the Northeast and Midwest. Over three million homes with children under six years of age had LBP hazards, including 1.1 million low-income households (

Authors

  • F. Gary Dewalt, MBA, PhD; David C. Cox, MS, MSc, PhD; Robert O'Haver; Brendon Salatino; and Duncan Holmes
  • Peter J. Ashley, DrPH; Eugene A. Pinzer, MS, CIH; and Warren Friedman, PhD, CIH
  • David Marker, PhD; Susan M. Viet, PhD, CIH; and Alexa Fraser, PhD

Volume#: 78.5
Page #: 22-29
Publication Month: December 2015

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