CREATING HEALTHY HOMES.
| Date | 22 June 2020 |
| Published date | 22 June 2020 |
WHEN TROPICAL STORM IRENE CRASHED INTO VERMONT IN 2011, IT PUSHED RIVERS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. RAGING FLOODWATERS DESTROYED MORE THAN A THOUSAND HOMES and damaged thousands more so severely that people were forced to move out of them for months. Mobile homes--which house about 10% of Vermonters--took an especially hard hit, and their renters and owners were the least equipped to recover quickly.
Over the border in New Hampshire, nearly 60% of homes were built before 1978, the year Congress banned lead paint. Even in a repainted home, lead paint can linger on doorframes and windowsills, and its dust can be unwittingly disturbed during renovations. That puts people--especially young children--of all income...
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