Other Material on Lead Poisoning
For more information about lead poisoning, this page has links to many helpful brochures and other materials. Topics include:
General information
- EPA Lead Fact Sheet - Talks about lead in the home
- Fact Sheet for Property Owners, Managers, and Realtors on New Law
- Get the Lead Out: Prevention - (PDF, 469 KB) Has information about lead poisoning, how to know if a child has lead poisoning, temporary ways to reduce exposure to lead in the home, and abatement.
- Powerpoint Presentation on Illinois's Newest Lead Law
- Spanish Powerpoint Presentation on Illinois's Newest Lead Law
Healthy habits to prevent lead poisoning
- Get the Lead Out: Intervention - (PDF, 429 KB) talks about foods to give children and ways to reduce the risk of lead poisoning.
- Lead and a Healthy Diet: What You Can Do to Protect Your Child - (PDF, 392 KB) has a list of different kinds of foods to eat to help reduce the risk of lead poisoning in children. It also talks about how to prevent childhood lead poisoning.
- Protect Your Child from Lead Poisoning - (PDF, 2017 KB) talks about ways to reduce lead hazards in the home and to keep children safe from lead.
Making your home lead-safe
- Lead in Your Home - A Parent’s Reference Guide - (PDF, 2195 KB) has lots of information about lead in the home.
- Lead Paint Can Poison - Is Your Family at Risk? - (PDF, 82 KB) talks about lead hazards, how children get exposed to lead, how to know if a child has been exposed to too much lead, keeping the home lead-safe, and how to renovate safely.
- Lead Paint Can Poison - Learn the Facts - (PDF, 2087 KB) talks about lead hazards in the home, effects of lead exposure on children, and how children get exposed to lead.
- Lead Paint Can Poison - Protect Your Family When You Repaint or Remodel - (PDF, 80 KB) talks about lead hazards in the home and how to renovate safely.
- Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home (English) - (PDF, 937 KB) talks about lead in the home. Property owners have to give this pamphlet to people who rent or buy a home from them if the home was built before 1978. EPA, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) worked together on this document.
- Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home (Spanish)
- Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home (Vietnamese)
- Testing Your Home for Lead in Paint, Dust, and Soil - (PDF, 240 KB)
Prevent lead poisoning in your environment
- Lead in Drinking Water: Actions You Can Take to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water (English)
- Lead in Drinking Water: Actions You Can Take to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water (Spanish)
- Lead-Safe Yards Handbook
Protecting children from lead poisoning
- Fact Sheet for Parents on Lead Poisoning Prevention in Spanish
- Fact Sheet for Parents on Lead Poisoning Prevention- Chicago
- Fact Sheet for Parents on Lead Poisoning Prevention- Illinois
- Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children - talks about the effects of lead exposure on children, lead hazards in the home, and reducing exposure to lead in the home.
- Resource Guide for Parents
- Runs Better Unleaded - How to Protect Your Children from Lead Poisoning - (PDF, 224 KB) talks about simple ways to reduce the risk of lead poisoning, lead hazards in the home, how children get exposed to lead, and the effects of lead exposure on children.
Renovating homes
- A Landlord's Guide for Working Safely with Lead - (PDF, 399 KB)
- Finding a Qualified Lead Professional for Your Home - (PDF, 102 KB)
- Reducing Lead Hazards When Remodeling Your Home (English) - (PDF, 933 KB)
- Reducing Lead Hazards When Remodeling Your Home (Spanish) - (PDF, 412 KB)