Version June 2024
| Make sure that your children wash their hands and face before eating and sleeping. |
| Do not let your children eat anything other than food (such as dirt or paint). |
| Clean all the surfaces in your home with a detergent. This includes floors, counters, tables, and anything else a child might touch. Cleaning is especially important for toddlers because they crawl and lie on the floor and like to put their hands in their mouths. |
| If your home was built before 1978, it is very important to remove any flaking or peeling paint in the house. Before 1978, homes were often painted with lead-based paint. Hire or speak with a professional certified in lead paint abatement. Painting or putting wallpaper over lead-based paint are only temporary ways to control the problem and are not acceptable solutions. Anyone who removes lead paint must wear a special breathing mask and other protective gear while they do the work. |
| Give your children a multivitamin with iron every day. They should have well-balanced diets that include fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, and low-fat dairy products. |
| Do not use herbal or folk medicines (these may contain lead). |
| If you have pottery with a coating that might contain lead, use it only for decoration, not to hold food or drink. |
| Store food in glass, plastic, or stainless steel containers, not in open cans. |
| Use water from the cold tap for cooking and drinking. Let it run for a few minutes before drinking from it. |
| Keep materials that might contain lead away from children and areas where children spend time. That includes materials used to make ceramics or stained glass, and those used for other hobbies. |
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