WAYS TO PREVENT LEAD

1. Try to keep your house free of dust.       1. Regularly mop floors in your house.        2. Wipe your window ledges        3. Clean all the surfaces that contain water in your house

2. Take your shoes off before you go into your house.       1. Wipe your shoes off on a doormat You DON'T want soil and lead dust trailing into your house!

3. Change out of your work or play clothes.      1. Try to take a shower before you come home if you work or play           in a lead environment.        2. Lead brought home on clothes could spread in your house and           poison little kids.        3. If you work or play near a radiator repair shop, battery           manufacturing plant, or a lead smelter you definitely want to             change out of your clothes

4. Don't sand, burn, or scrape paint.       1. If you know that it has absolutely no lead in it, you can.

5. Try to test painted surfaces for lead.       1. If you plan to remodel please do this first.        2. If there is lead in some paint, learn how to handle it safely.        3. If it's not done right, lead dust will spread and poison your           family, animals, neighbors, and employees.

6. Help your family start some healthy eating habits.        1. Eating normal and healthy meals makes it harder for lead to poison           people.        2. Meals should include fruits, vegetables, calcium-rich foods (milk,           cheese, yogurt, corn tortillas, tofu, bean curd, etc.) and  iron-           rich foods (meat, chicken, iron-fortified cereals, raisins, dried           fruit, etc.).

7. Wash your hands        1. If you work or play near lead environments, you need to do this. Lead could go from your hands to your food and if you inhaled it, you could die!

8. Don't use old, imported, or homemade dishes.        1. Especially, if you're using them to serve, prepare, or store food.           Unless you know they don't contain lead.        2. Your plates could spread the lead into your food and when you           inhale them you could die!        3. For more Info on testing lead in plates, call your local health           department.

9. Try not to do hobbies that use or around lead.        1. Some hobbies that have lead are soldering, or making stained           glass, bullets, or fish sinkers.

10. Keep your chairs, desks, couches, tables, etc. away from damaged paint.      1. Keep your furniture away from areas where paint is chipping,           peeling, or can be chewed.

11. Don't use home medicines or make-up that could have lead in them.        1. Some brands are Azarcon, Greta, Pay-loo-ah, Alkohl, and Kohl.        2. The brands below contain high amount of lead and could make little           kids REALLY sick!

12. Let water from the sink run for at least 2 minutes before using it to fill a baby bottle.       1. Let the lead drain out of it before you fill a child's bottle, cup,           or can.

13. Don't put food in opened cans to store them, use plastic containers instead.      1. Lead in the cans can get into the food and spoil it.        2. Don't heat food in cans either. (We wouldn't want to try.?)