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Below are some simple steps you can take to protect your child against lead poisoning. 

1)      Keep Play Areas Clean

• Check your child’s play area for peeling or chipping paint. Pick up any paint chips and throw them away.
• Wash the floors once a week, using wet cleaning methods. Never vacuum or dry dust.
• Put furniture in front of window sills with chipping paint so your child can’t get to them.

2)      Wash Up Dust

• Wash window sills, trim around windows and doors, and other areas that children touch.

3)      Keep Lead Out of your Child’s Mouth

• Always wash your child’s hands before eating and sleeping.
• Wash children’s toys and don’t let children eat food or use pacifiers that have fallen on the floor.

4)      Get Your Child Tested For Lead

• Ask your pediatrician to test your child’s blood for lead.

Where and what to look for to address lead hazards

Lead paint is commonly found on:

• Windows sills, and doors
• Floors and stairs
• Woodwork and trim
• Exteriors of buildings, including porches

What to look for:

• Places where paint is chipping, peeling, flaking, or chalking.
• Places where two painted surfaces rub or hit each other, such as opening and closing windows and doors.
• Bare soil on the property. Dust and chips can fall from lead paint on the outside of a home and land in soil nearby. It can stay in the soil for many years.