Why Use Lead-Specific Detergents to Remove
Lead-Contaminated Dust?
Lead compounds in lead-contaminated dust (LCD) are found in a wide range of physical and chemical forms. Some household LCD contains lead compounds from lead-based paint. Household LCD also can come from soil residues that include lead compounds that were used in leaded gasoline. Other lead compounds in household LCD can come from a variety of industrial, hobby or work related activities. Different types and combinations of detergent ingredients best clean each different class of lead compounds. Lead-specific detergents are designed to remove the wide range of lead compounds found in lead-contaminated dusts.
Household and general-purpose cleaners are designed to give a home a clean appearance, and in some cases give some germicidal or other sanitary benefits. While certain household or general-purpose cleaners may sometimes have some effectiveness against certain types of lead compounds, these kinds of cleaners are not designed to remove the broad range of chemical classes of lead compounds found in lead-contaminated dusts. With lead-specific detergents, it is less necessary to know the details of the lead compounds that are causing the hazard.
Lead-specific detergent formulations are adjusted to be able to dissolve lead compounds that can be easily dissolved, as well as to chemically react with certain insoluble lead compounds to change them into a more easily cleaned form, and also to disperse other non-reactive or insoluble particulate lead. This takes the guesswork out of deciding what type of cleaner to use for each type of lead-contaminated dust. This can be of particular importance when cleaning very high levels of lead dust hazards. For example, even if you suspect your hazardous lead dust comes from old lead-based paint, you would not know which of the many types of lead compounds are used in that paint. A properly formulated lead-specific detergent, such as Ledizolv®- The Lead-Specific DetergentTM, is effective against the wide range of lead compounds found in household LCD and is designed to remove lead down to trace levels.
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