What You Can Do Now to Protect Your Family
If you suspect that your house has lead-based paint hazards, you can take some immediate steps to reduce your family’s risk: • If you rent, notify your landlord of peeling or chipping paint. • Keep painted surfaces clean and free of dust. Clean floors, window frames, window sills, and other surfaces weekly. Use a mop or sponge with warm water and a general all-purpose cleaner. (Remember: never mix ammonia and bleach products together because they can form a dangerous gas.) • Carefully clean up paint chips immediately without creating dust. • Thoroughly rinse sponges and mop heads often during cleaning of dirty or dusty areas, and again afterward. • Wash your hands and your children’s hands often, especially before they eat and before nap time and bed time. • Keep play areas clean. Wash bottles, pacifiers, toys, and stuffed animals regularly. • Keep children from chewing window sills or other painted surfaces, or eating soil. • When renovating, repairing, or painting, hire only EPA- or state- approved Lead-Safe Certified renovation firms (see page 12). • Clean or remove shoes before entering your home to avoid tracking in lead from soil. • Make sure children avoid fatty (or high fat) foods and eat nutritious meals high in iron and calcium. Children with good diets absorb less lead.
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