Checking Your Home for Lead
You can get your home tested for lead in several different ways: • A lead-based paint inspection tells you if your home has lead- based paint and where it is located. It won’t tell you whether your home currently has lead hazards. A trained and certified testing
professional, called a lead-based paint inspector, will conduct a paint inspection using methods, such as: • Portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) machine • Lab tests of paint samples
• A risk assessment tells you if your home currently has any lead hazards from lead in paint, dust, or soil. It also tells you what actions to take to address any hazards. A trained and certified testing professional, called a risk assessor, will: • Sample paint that is deteriorated on doors, windows, floors, stairs, and walls • Sample dust near painted surfaces and sample bare soil in the yard • Get lab tests of paint, dust, and soil samples • A combination inspection and risk assessment tells you if your home has any lead-based paint and if your home has any lead hazards, and where both are located. Be sure to read the report provided to you after your inspection or risk assessment is completed, and ask questions about anything you do not understand.
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