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Home > Departments > Environment, Health & Safety > EH&S Programs > Asbestos and Lead > Lead at UB

Lead at UB

At UB, lead comes from:

  • Paint
  • Dust
  • Soil
  • Imported mini-blinds
  • Bare soil or sand
  • Car batteries
  • Bullets
  • Artist paint
  • Drinking Water (lead pipes, solder, brass fixtures, valves can all leach lead)

Eh&S can test for lead contamination. Call our Service Request line at 829-2401.

For more information:
Environmental Protection Agency – Lead page
Environmental Protection Agency- Lead in Drinking Water page
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute and Health
United States Consumer Product Safety Commission