Municipalities Lead Exposure Information for New Jersey [New Jersey] Full Details

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Title:

Municipalities Lead Exposure Information for New Jersey [New Jersey]

Description:

Phase I of the mapping tool displays residential parcels categorized by the year constructed, based off of New Jersey's statewide parcel dataset (MOD-IV). You can also find a breakdown of housing age by county and municipality. Housing are categorized into four categories - pre-1950, 1951-1978, post-1978, and unavailable. Prior to the 1950s, lead-based paint was commonly used for both home interiors and exteriors. Exposure in older homes happens when lead-based paint starts to deteriorate, cracking or peeling away from the walls. That decay results in lead-contaminated dust, which may be directly ingested or inhaled, and paint chips, which may be touched or, less commonly, ingested. Living in a house with lead-based paint can result in a chronic accumulation of the heavy metal in the body. Houses built after 1978 are less likely to contain lead-based paints. That year, Congress banned the use of lead-based paint in homes built or rehabilitated with federal funding through the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act. By 1992, the act was amended to address lead-contaminated dust and soil in homes, as well as adopt preventive strategies to reduce future lead exposure. These homes face the lowest risk of potential lead exposure. In the 1950s, the paint industry voluntary adopted its own standards to phase out and prohibit the use of lead additives, such that homes built between 1950 and 1978 have only some risk of potential lead exposure.

Creator:

NJDEP Office of Environmental Public Health and Safety

Provider:

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (NJDEP) Bureau of GIS

Resource Class:

Datasets and Web services

Resource Type:

Vector data

Temporal Coverage:

Continually updated resource

Date Issued:

2021-10-25

Place:

New Jersey

Rights:

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Data Distribution Agreement. The data provided herein are distributed subject to the following conditions and restrictions: NJDEP assumes no responsibility to maintain them in any manner or form and disclaims any duty or obligation to either maintain availability of or to update the data. Terms of Agreement 1. All data is provided, as is, without any representation or warranty of any kind, implied, expressed or statutory including, but not limited to, the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability or fitness for a particular use, freedom from computer virus nor are any such warranties to be implied with respect to the digital data layers furnished hereunder. User is responsible for understanding the accuracy limitations of all digital data layers provided herein, as documented in the accompanying cross-reference files (see SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION). Any reproduction or manipulation of the above data must ensure that the coordinate reference system remains intact. 2. Digital data received from the NJDEP may not be reproduced or redistributed without all the metadata provided. 3. Any maps, publications, reports, or other documents produced as a result of this project that utilize this digital data will credit the NJDEP's Geographic Information System (GIS) as the source of the data with the following credit/disclaimer: 'This (map/publication/report) was developed using New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Geographic Information System digital data, but this secondary product has not been verified by NJDEP and is not state-authorized or endorsed.' 4. NJDEP makes no warranty that digital data are free of Copyright or Trademark claims or other restrictions or limitations on free use or display. Making a copy of this data may be subject to the copyright of trademark laws.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile

Language:

English

Date Added:

2023-03-08