Lead Poisoning and Your Child
Learn about the risk factors for lead poisoning, testing, and treatments for children with lead poisoning.
Our house is about 15 years old and I know that living in an older house is a risk factor for lead poisoning. What do I have to do to protect my children from being poisoned with lead?
In lead poisoning questionnaires, they always list as risk factors for a child having lead poisoning as living or spending a lot of time in a home built before 1950 or if it was built before 1978 and is being remodeled. Why the differences? If I live in a home built before 1978 and it isn't being remodeled, are my kids at risk for lead poisoning?
Review how to safely remodel or renovate your home that may contain lead based paint, which many homes and apartments built before 1978.
A guide to lead poisoning, with a discussion of risk factors (lead paint, etc), symptoms, prevention, and treatment. Plus a lead poisoning screening quiz to see if your child is at risk of lead poisoning.
A safety alert from the Consumer Product Safety Commission about what you should know about lead based paint in your home.
Learn about the risk of lead poisoning from an easily avoidable source: the traditional eye cosmetic known variously as kohl, kajal, al-kahl, or surma.
A comprehensive guide to preventing lead poisoning from the CDC, with fact sheets, risk factors, recommendations for lead screening, and databases with info to help find out if you live in a high risk area.
