Unfortunately, you're probably going to have to cull that whole flock. If there was as much lead flying around as you say, they definitely ate a lot of it and are still eating it. Lead will stick to everything. My Brahma's are considered a big bird and they only get to 10 lbs. so it doesn't take much.
OT: Potentially In Need of a Lawyer? Lead Paint Issue
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I would imagine that all the neighbors with lead particles and paint all over their properties have now inherited responsibilities to abate that as well. If you do the wrong thing now.. maybe you will be accused of polluting as well.
Example: what if you started hosing down your house and property and teh runoff heads into teh street and into a storm drain. Are you legally responsible for doing that? I'd say yes. But what if it were a rain storm that did the same thing? Then the question might be whether you acted soon enough to remedy the danger.
Yeah.. as others have said.. reporting to proper authorities and following their instructions.. in writing hopefully.. would protect you... and an environmental lawyer.. I would hope some charitable orgs out there might have lawyers with teh right mindset on staff or accessibility. But you will have to protect yourself from what teh neighbor and contractor have done as well as what you are not responsible to do.
Not a lawyer.. not legal advice. But you are on teh right path in trying to think of everything involved.
Maybe Rutgers can help you out - link
Example: what if you started hosing down your house and property and teh runoff heads into teh street and into a storm drain. Are you legally responsible for doing that? I'd say yes. But what if it were a rain storm that did the same thing? Then the question might be whether you acted soon enough to remedy the danger.
Yeah.. as others have said.. reporting to proper authorities and following their instructions.. in writing hopefully.. would protect you... and an environmental lawyer.. I would hope some charitable orgs out there might have lawyers with teh right mindset on staff or accessibility. But you will have to protect yourself from what teh neighbor and contractor have done as well as what you are not responsible to do.
Not a lawyer.. not legal advice. But you are on teh right path in trying to think of everything involved.
Maybe Rutgers can help you out - link
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Even the most basic understanding of lead should lead one to understand that it needs to be contained.
Maybe if they were from another country? But here in the US, I'd think it's pretty common knowledge.
Spewing lead tainted sanding residue into the air via a broken vacuum for anything longer then a couple seconds is legit criminal negligence.
That makes sense. DCA seems to be the state agency that deals with lead paint, probably because it is concerned with housing. U.S. EPA can back them up.
I'm in the electrical trade and you are right about one thing shortage of electricians...my customers are coming to me for help.
Never hire the low bid guy or the high bid guy go the middle route
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If only Consumer Reports could analyze tradespeople and come up with a "Best Buy" designation like they have done with products for decades.
Turned it off on my old pixel and now with iPhone... my texts get garbled at times but its better, IMHO, than a guess at proper spelling by the phone. Someone sees a gibberish word they can try to guess what I meant.. but if they see the wrong properly spelled word.. they might just accept the word and wonder what the whole text meant. On this board, I fight with Grammarly from my PC fairly often.
