ESCA Tech’s D-Lead® Paint Test Kit Receives EPA Recognition

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. EPA has announced its Recognition of the D-Lead^® Paint Test Kit, the first commercially available EPA Recognized test for lead-based paint on plaster or drywall surfaces. According to the EPA, the new D-Lead^® Paint Test Kit (patent pending), developed by ESCA Tech, Inc., can reliably determine when regulated lead-based paint is not present on drywall, plaster, wood and ferrous metal surfaces.

“This new product will make our children safer and life easier for home remodelers while providing new jobs in the US.”

The D-Lead^® Paint Test Kit was independently tested by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Technology Verification Program (ETV), and Recognized by the EPA under the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Program rule (40 CFR § 745). http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/testkit.htm

According to the rule, Certified Renovators must test for the presence of lead paint when remodeling homes built before 1978. Surveys by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) indicate 75% of plaster and drywall surfaces in homes built prior to 1978 do not contain lead paint, but proving the absence of lead is necessary for health and safety reasons. Professionals and homeowners can now easily and inexpensively test for lead- and lead chromate-based paints with the D-Lead^® Paint Test Kit.

Using the new test to demonstrate the absence of lead paint will save most homeowners time and money. Before Recognition of the D-Lead^® Paint Test Kit, contractors and homeowners needed to either assume that plaster and drywall surfaces were coated with lead paint or utilize the services of a Certified Lead Paint Inspector or Risk Assessor. All layers of paint can now be tested in minutes, without costly equipment or waiting for lab results.

“We’re proud the D-Lead^® Paint Test Kit is made with 99 percent US-origin components,” said Daniel P. Askin, President and Technical Director of ESCA Tech. “This new product will make our children safer and life easier for home remodelers while providing new jobs in the US.”

Production has begun and the first test kits will be available at major home improvement retailers and from ESCA Tech’s national network of distributors in late September. For additional information please contact ESCA Tech, Inc. at 877-877-6590, or visit www.ESCA-Tech.com.

Since 1979, ESCA Tech, Inc., a Milwaukee, WI-based company with distributors worldwide, has provided innovative products to reduce the risk of exposure to lead and other heavy metals. For more information, visit www.ESCA-Tech.com.