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Salt Lake City's older homes are at risk for lead paints and pipes.
If you purchase a home built before 1978, the seller is required by federal law to disclose whether or not they know if there is lead-based paint (LBP) in the property.
If you purchase a home built before 1978, the seller is required by federal law to disclose whether or not they know if there is lead-based paint (LBP) in the property. I can tell you, in my 40 years as a realtor, I've had only two buyers test for LBP. I remember, back in the 1960s, Walter Cronkite on the CBS evening news sharing reports of poor children living in low-income housing in NYC being diagnosed with lead poisoning ...
from eating the paint peeling off the walls in their home. Apparently, it tastes sweet, but it also causes brain damage!
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