Lead Safety Documents and Outreach Materials

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Lead Outreach

Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home

The Protect Your Family pamphlet is required to be provided to prospective buyers and renters of pre-1978 homes and apartments and the revised March 2021 version is available in English, Arabic, Chinese Simplified and Traditional, French, Korean, Polish, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese.

*Note: EPA does not require users to discard older versions of the document. EPA encourages users to exhaust their existing stock prior to printing copies of the new version. In order to ensure that current information is received if copies of the older versions are provided, users are encouraged to provide a PYF supplement in the appropriate language, which contains updates to previous versions.

Renovate Right: Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers, and Schools

General information about legal requirements for safe lead practices for homeowners, tenants, child care providers and parents during renovation activities. September 2011 revised version. Available in color landscape, color booklet, black-and-white booklet, and black-and-white landscape, in both English and Spanish.

Insert sheet to replace page 10 (PDF) (added July 15, 2011; two copies per 8 1/2 x11 page) en español (PDF) If you have remaining stocks of the April 2010 version of the Renovate Right brochure, use this insert to replace page 10 of that document.

Lead Awareness in Indian Country: Keeping our Children Healthy! Curriculum

A curriculum built for community leaders to help tribes and communities protect children from potential lead exposure and lead poisoning. This robust set of educational tools contains four modules that instructors can use to improve public awareness and empower individuals to take preventative actions that protect their families from lead.

Module topics include: Understanding Lead, Effective Cleaning Techniques, Personal Hygiene and Nutrition and Hiring Certified Lead Professionals.

Get Your Child Tested

Postcard designed to be used by community health workers, child care providers, teachers, school staff, families, caregivers, and others to encourage parents to have children under the age of six screened for lead exposure by a medical professional. The postcard is available in English and Spanish, or download a file with both languages.

Lead Poisoning and Your Children

Information for parents on protecting children from lead poisoning, such as getting children tested for lead, and reducing other exposures from lead-based paint and lead in water. It unfolds into a full poster summarizing seven basic steps for parents. Available in English and Spanish (PDF).

Steps to LEAD SAFE Renovation, Repair and Painting

Information for contractors and homeowners on how to plan for and complete a home renovation, repair or painting project in pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities using lead-safe work practices. March 2021 revised version available in English and Spanish.

Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule Outreach

Small Entity Compliance Guide to Renovate Right

A handbook for contractors, property managers, and maintenance personnel working in homes, child care facilities, and schools built before 1978. September 2011 revised version. Available in English and Spanish (PDF).

Fight Lead Poisoning with a Healthy Diet

Discusses proper nutrition, lead poisoning prevention and features fast, nutritious recipes. Available in English and Spanish (PDF).

Runs Better Unleaded

Wall poster with a general lead awareness message. Available in color and black-and-white.

Best Management Practices for Lead at Outdoor Shooting Ranges

Manual that provides owners and operators of outdoor rifle, pistol, trap, skeet and sporting clay ranges with information on lead management at their ranges.