WPOA May 2015

It's Time to Delead

We started the evening with the May 2015 Business Update.

Then we moved on to learning all about lead paint:

• Dr. Robin Felker, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
  • Why is lead hazardous?
  • What is the treatment for lead poisoning and what are its drawbacks?
  • Have the lead laws reduced the incidence of lead poisoning in Massachusetts?
• Doug Desmarais, licensed deleading contractor and passionate presenter
  • Best methods for landlords to delead
  • Difference between deleading and lead safe renovation
• Gary Kelleher, licensed inspector
  • How to pass your inspections the first time
  • How to renovate in compliance with EPA rules
• Philip Salmon, City of Worcester
  • Federal, State, and Local Penalties
  • Grants, state tax credits, & other sources of funding