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  • Title: Lead-based paint testing technologies: summary of an EPA/HUD field study.
    Author: Schmehl RL, Cox DC, Dewalt FG, Haugen MM, Koyak RA, Schwemberger JG, Scalera JV.
    Journal: Am Ind Hyg Assoc J; 1999; 60(4):444-51. PubMed ID: 10462778.
    Abstract:
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sponsored a field study of portable technologies for testing for lead in paint in three U.S. cities in 1993. Six chemical test kits and six X-ray fluorescence instruments, which represented the two main types of portable technologies available for residential lead testing at that time, were evaluated. Painted building components in single-family and multifamily housing units were selected to assess the performance of these products under real-world conditions. The study found that the chemical test kits were not effective in distinguishing lead-based paint, as defined by federal standards, from nonlead based paint. The X-ray fluorescence instruments were, under certain circumstances, found to be effective. The study filled an informational gap about the accuracy and precision of the portable lead-testing technologies. This article describes the design of the study and its major findings.
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