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Asbestos Risks in Manhattan—How to Handle Them?

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  You are thinking how to refurbish that old pre-war Brooklyn apartment or the old house in Queens and the excitement grows and grows and then you find the peeling paint riddled with lead, or the deteriorating insulation agglomerated with asbestos. These dangers are the time bombs of New York City that are embedded in the older buildings, the Manhattan high-rises and Bronx walk-ups. The high-population density of the neighborhood is tantamount to shared quarters, whereby the lead dust is easily dispersed by sharing a vent, and the asbestos remnants remain as a result of the time when it was sprayed on pipes as well as ceilings. NY Lead Abatement Corp being a reliable lead removal company avoids the hustle and bustle of the matter with simple procedures. Our XRF scanners are used to identify lead instantly on the walls, doors, and trim and then wrap it up or completely abate by wet scraping and HEPA vacuums, no mess, 100 percent compliance with EPA regulations. Children playing o...