Lead diagnosis before Hauts-de-France works

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The lead diagnosis or finding of risk of exposure to lead (CREP) is the operation which consists in detecting the lead-containing coatings, then, in determining the degradation factors of these coatings in order to see if a potential risk of contamination with the lead. lead exists.

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By analogy with asbestos, lead (paint, pipe, window seal .....) is also a public health pollutant which constitutes a danger for all those who carry out work of removal, renovation and demolition of buildings that are over 30 years old.

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Today, there are only two types of diagnostics that are used and that obey the public health code: CREP (Observation of Risk of Exposure to Lead) and DRIPP (Diagnosis of Risk of Intoxication by Lead paints). The latter only apply to buildings constructed before 1949. On the other hand, for the study of a renovation or demolition, these diagnoses have not been studied by regulations to judge the risks incurred by the site operators.

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Thus the only document available to carry out a lead diagnosis before work or demolition in the Hauts-de-France is the one established by DIRECCTE CENTER ((Recommendations for carrying out a lead diagnosis before work (Outside the scope of the public health code)) which you can download by clicking on the link below and which serves as a basis for carrying out our mission.

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In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

Who should be concerned with this lead diagnosis before work : all building owners who wish to carry out partial or total renovations depending on the type of renovation planned.

What is the purpose of the lead diagnosis before work? : ensure the protection of the employees who will carry out the work, in particular to limit the toxicity of metallic lead and its compounds - by inhalation of fumes and dust, or by ingestion of particles - and to organize the sorting of waste.

Basic regulations : Articles R 4412-149 to 162 and 156 to 160 of the Labor Code require that stakeholders take measures to lower the level of lead concentration in the air, through the identification of its presence in the building.