Reducing Lead Hazards When Remodeling Your Home

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Provides important info. on different forms of home protection to protect your family from lead. Suggests testing children for lead levels even though they may seem healthy, performing repeated and ongoing lead checks, and more. Highlights many important facts. Did you know that lead can go into your body just through breathing or swallowing lead dust? Explains the effects of lead and its implications on your health, such as damage to kidneys and the nervous system, learning disabilities in children, and speech and language impediments. Lists the steps to check for lead? You can do a paint inspect., followed by a risk assessment, or hire a trained and certified testing professional. All of these approaches will aid in protecting your family from lead. Illus.

EPA 747-K-99-001. Describes the hazards of lead based paint in homes built before 1978. Shows how lead gets into the body. Presents options for removing lead paint and treating the effects of high levels of lead in the bloodstream. Lists State health and environmental agencies; EPA regional offices; and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regional offices. Sold in packages of 50 copies only.