| Lead testing kits are useful products to have | | | | comes in a package of eight swabs that can be |
| around the house. For the sake of our children's | | | | used to test for the presence of lead on most |
| health and well-being, we need to check if the | | | | surfaces. |
| surfaces they come in contact with at home are | | | | Some customer product watchdogs claim that |
| free from lead contaminants. After all, lead | | | | Abotex Lead Inspector is more definitive when it |
| exposure is very dangerous to young children. | | | | comes to checking for lead on surfaces. The pink |
| There are many lead testing kits available in the | | | | or red color reaction on a swab, as it works with |
| market, but what product should you choose? | | | | Homax Lead Check, can be confusing and can |
| Here is a review of some of the most common | | | | yield a false positive result. On the other hand, the |
| test kits that you can find in the market today. | | | | swabs in the testing kits produced by Abotex |
| Homax Lead Check | | | | Lead Inspector turn yellow, brown or black when |
| Homax Lead Check is one of the testing kits in | | | | lead is detected. |
| the market today that has garnered favorable | | | | However, the Abotex test kit can produce strong |
| reviews from a number of consumer product | | | | vapors when activated. Windows should be |
| watchdogs in the United States. This product | | | | opened and gloves should be worn when this |
| comes in a package of two swabs that are | | | | product is used. |
| chemically treated to react with lead upon coming | | | | First Alert Lead Test Kit |
| into contact with any surface. | | | | The First Alert Lead Test Kit works the same |
| The presence of lead on a surface is indicated by | | | | way as testing kits offered by Homax and |
| the swab turning pink. High concentrations of lead | | | | Abotex. The product comes in packages |
| will show as dark pink or red. Although it is not | | | | containing swabs that are rubbed against the |
| indicated on the package, if the swab turns | | | | surface to be tested. |
| brown, the surface contains barium instead of | | | | The product is theoretically easy to use. After all, |
| lead, and tin if it turns purple. | | | | what is so hard about rubbing a swab against a |
| Homax Lead Check is quite easy to use. If there | | | | surface? The thing with the First Alert Test Kit is |
| is contamination, the color will change within two | | | | that the test needs to be repeated to produce a |
| minutes if the level is high, and two hours if it is | | | | more or less reliable result. |
| low. | | | | These are just three of the many testing kits |
| Abotex Lead Inspector | | | | available in the market today. Getting such a test |
| The Abotex Lead Inspector is one of the more | | | | kit is the first step to making sure that your |
| versatile testing kits that you can buy today. It | | | | children are safe from lead exposure at home. |