Lead Paint Testing

The EPA pamphlet: Testing Your Home for Lead in Paint, Dust or Soil (http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/leadtest.pdf) is a great souce of information for landlords and property managers. In fact the EPA has an entire section of their site devoted to this topic at: http://www.epa.gov/lead/.

If you would like to test the inside of a property yourself, there are several test kits on the market. This one from 3M is not only inexpensive, but it is also very highly rated and easy to use: