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IF YOU DISTURB PAINT YOU MUST GET LEAD-SAFE CERTIFIED Lead Paint: Is it in your child-care center, home, school or anywhere children may be present? The Truth About Lead Paint Poisoning Lead paint is an invisible danger. Here are some facts about lead paint that everyone should know: Even small levels of exposure to lead paint can harm both children and adults. Hundreds of thousands of kids are affected by lead paint with some level of irreversible damage, such as lower intelligence, learning disabilities and behavioral issues. New cases of childhood lead paint poisoning are diagnosed every year. Many more go unreported. Recent research shows that new cases can be directly linked to renovations where the work environment was inadequately cleaned and contained. Adults exposed to lead paint can suffer from high blood pressure, headaches, dizziness, diminished motor skills, fatigue and memory loss. It’s not just lead paint chips that poison. Contamination can be caused by only a little bit of lead dust that is easily inhaled or ingested. Once poisoned, effects may be for life. To learn more, visit epa.gov/getleadsafe or call 800-424-LEAD To report a violation, visit epa.gov/tips Many contractors and maintenance workers who have been on the job for years believe they know all about the dangers of and the precautions necessary for working with lead paint. Others think lead paint poisoning simply went away years ago. It didn’t. That’s why you need to know the facts about lead paint, and how disturbing it poses serious health risks to the people in your building, especially children. There are requirements in place to protect children from these dangers. If your pre-1978 in-home daycare, child-care center, school or hospital is being renovated, repaired or painted, this pamphlet is for you. In it, you’ll learn about the dangers of lead paint, how to hire a Lead-Safe Certied contractor, and how to make sure your own maintenance staff is doing the right thing. Child Care Providers: Make sure you or your contractor is Lead-Safe Certied of Once poison To lea visit epa.gov or call 800-424-LEA To report a violation, visit epa.gov/tips
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Page 1: M IF YOU DISTURB PAINT YOU MUST GET LEAD-SAFE CERTIFIED ... · These work practices include: • Containing the work area. • Avoiding renovation methods that generate large amounts

IF Y

OU

DIS

TURB

PAIN

TYO

U M

UST

GET

LEAD-S

AFE

CERT

IFIE

D

Lead

Paint

: Is

it in

you

r ch

ild-c

are

cent

er,

home,

sch

ool o

r an

ywhe

re

child

ren

may

be

pres

ent?

The

Trut

h Abo

ut

Lea

d Pa

int

Poiso

ning

Lead

pai

nt is

an

invi

sibl

e da

nger

. Her

e ar

e so

me

fact

s ab

out

lead

pai

nt t

hat

ever

yone

sho

uld

know

:

• Ev

en s

mal

l lev

els

of e

xpos

ure

to le

ad p

aint

can

ha

rm b

oth

child

ren

and

adul

ts.

• H

undr

eds

of t

hous

ands

of k

ids

are

affe

cted

by

lead

pa

int

with

som

e le

vel o

f ir

reve

rsib

le d

amag

e,

su

ch a

s lo

wer

inte

llige

nce,

lear

ning

dis

abili

ties

and

beha

vior

al is

sues

.

• N

ew c

ases

of

child

hood

lead

pai

nt p

oiso

ning

ar

e di

agno

sed

ever

y ye

ar. M

any

mor

e go

un

repo

rted

.

• R

ecen

t re

sear

ch s

how

s th

at n

ew c

ases

can

be

dire

ctly

link

ed t

o re

nova

tions

whe

re t

he w

ork

envi

ronm

ent

was

inad

equa

tely

cle

aned

and

co

ntai

ned.

• A

dults

exp

osed

to

lead

pai

nt c

an s

uffe

r fr

om

high

blo

od p

ress

ure,

hea

dach

es, d

izzi

ness

, di

min

ishe

d m

otor

ski

lls, f

atig

ue a

nd m

emor

y lo

ss.

• It

’s no

t ju

st le

ad p

aint

chi

ps t

hat

pois

on.

Con

tam

inat

ion

can

be c

ause

d by

onl

y a

little

bit

of le

ad d

ust

that

is e

asily

inha

led

or in

gest

ed.

• O

nce

pois

oned

, effe

cts

may

be

for

life.

To le

arn

mor

e,

visi

t ep

a.go

v/ge

tlead

safe

or

cal

l 800

-424

-LEA

D

To r

epor

t a

viol

atio

n, v

isit

epa.

gov/

tips

Man

y co

ntra

ctor

s an

d m

aint

enan

ce w

orke

rs w

ho

have

bee

n on

the

job

for

year

s be

lieve

the

y kn

ow a

ll ab

out

the

dang

ers

of a

nd th

e pr

ecau

tions

nec

essa

ry

for

wor

king

with

lead

pai

nt. O

ther

s th

ink

lead

pai

nt

pois

onin

g si

mpl

y w

ent

away

yea

rs a

go. I

t di

dn’t.

Tha

t’s w

hy y

ou n

eed

to k

now

the

fact

s ab

out

lead

pa

int,

and

how

dis

turb

ing

it po

ses

seri

ous

heal

th

risk

s to

the

peo

ple

in y

our

build

ing,

espe

cial

ly

child

ren.

The

re a

re r

equi

rem

ents

in p

lace

to

prot

ect

child

ren

from

the

se d

ange

rs.

If yo

ur p

re-1

978

in-h

ome

dayc

are,

chi

ld-c

are

cent

er, s

choo

l or

hosp

ital i

s be

ing

reno

vate

d, r

epai

red

or

pain

ted,

thi

s pa

mph

let

is fo

r yo

u. In

it, y

ou’ll

le

arn

abou

t th

e da

nger

s of

lead

pa

int,

how

to

hire

a

Lead

-Saf

e C

ertifi

ed

cont

ract

or, a

nd h

ow t

o m

ake

sure

you

r ow

n m

aint

enan

ce s

taff

is

doin

g th

e ri

ght

thin

g.

Child

Car

e Pr

ovider

s:

Mak

e su

re y

ou o

r

you

r co

ntra

ctor

is

Le

ad-S

afe

Cert

ifi ed

of

•O

nce

pois

on

Tole

avi

sit

epa.

gov

gor

cal

l 800

-424

-LEA

To r

epor

t a

viol

atio

n, v

isit

epa.

gov/

tips

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Page 2: M IF YOU DISTURB PAINT YOU MUST GET LEAD-SAFE CERTIFIED ... · These work practices include: • Containing the work area. • Avoiding renovation methods that generate large amounts

Whe

re D

oes

The

Lead

Dan

ger

Come

From

Tod

ay?

In e

arlie

r de

cade

s, th

e fe

ar o

f chi

ldre

n ea

ting

lead

pai

nt

chip

s w

as t

he m

ain

conc

ern

whe

n it

cam

e to

poi

soni

ng.

But

sinc

e th

en, r

esea

rch

has

show

n th

at t

he

mos

t co

mm

on w

ay t

o ge

t le

ad in

the

bo

dy is

from

inha

ling

or in

gest

ing

mic

rosc

opic

dus

t.

Day

-to-

day

wea

r, as

wel

l as

com

mon

ren

ovat

ion

and

repa

ir

activ

ities

, lik

e sa

ndin

g, cu

ttin

g an

d de

mol

ition

, can

cre

ate

haza

rdou

s le

ad d

ust

and

chip

s. Pr

oper

wor

k pr

actic

es c

an h

elp

prot

ect

the

peop

le in

you

r bu

ildin

g, es

peci

ally

chi

ldre

n, fr

om

this

dus

t.

Even

for

smal

l job

s, th

e ke

y is

to

use

lead

-saf

e w

ork

prac

tices

suc

h as

con

tain

ing

dust

insi

de t

he w

ork

area

, us

ing

dust

-min

imiz

ing

wor

k m

etho

ds a

nd c

ondu

ctin

g a

care

ful c

lean

up. I

t al

so m

eans

kee

ping

peo

ple

out

of

the

wor

k ar

ea. M

ost

impo

rtan

tly, i

t m

eans

mak

ing

sure

th

at a

nyon

e w

ho d

oes

wor

k in

you

r bu

ildin

g is

Le

ad-S

afe

Cer

tifi e

d.

How

Do

I Ch

oose

Th

e Ri

ght

Cont

ract

or?

A r

espo

nsib

le o

pera

tor

of a

chi

ld-c

are

faci

lity

will

be

sur

e to

hire

onl

y co

ntra

ctor

s w

ho a

re L

ead-

Safe

C

ertifi

ed

to w

ork

in a

bui

ldin

g bu

ilt p

rior

to

1978

.

Her

e ar

e a

few

hel

pful

tip

s:

• Ver

ify t

hat

a co

ntra

ctor

is c

ertifi

ed

by c

heck

ing

the

EPA

web

site

at epa.gov/getleadsafe

or b

y ca

lling

1-800-424-LEAD

. You

can

als

o as

k to

see

a c

opy

of

the

cont

ract

or’s

Lead

-Saf

e R

RP fi r

m c

ertifi

cat

ion.

• Ask

if t

he c

ontr

acto

r is

tra

ined

to

perf

orm

lead

-saf

e w

ork

prac

tices

and

ask

to

see

a co

py o

f the

ir le

ad-s

afe

trai

ning

cer

tifi c

ate.

• M

ake

sure

you

r co

ntra

ctor

can

exp

lain

cle

arly

the

de

tails

of t

he jo

b an

d ho

w t

he fi

rm w

ill m

inim

ize

lead

ha

zard

s du

ring

the

wor

k pr

oces

s.

• Ask

wha

t le

ad-s

afe

met

hods

will

be

used

to

set

up a

nd

perf

orm

the

job

in y

our

in-h

ome

dayc

are,

chi

ld-c

are

cent

er, s

choo

l or

hosp

ital.

• Alw

ays

mak

e su

re t

he c

ontr

act

is c

lear

abo

ut h

ow t

he

wor

k w

ill b

e se

t up

, per

form

ed a

nd c

lean

ed.

Doe

s M

y St

aff

Hav

e To

Be

Lea

d-Sa

fe C

ertifi e

d?Fe

dera

l law

req

uire

s th

at if

you

or

som

eone

on

your

sta

ff is

per

form

ing

the

wor

k (in

clud

ing

rout

ine

mai

nten

ance

tha

t di

stur

bs p

aint

), yo

ur o

rgan

izat

ion

mus

t be

Lea

d-Sa

fe C

ertifi

ed

as a

fi rm

and

you

r st

aff

mus

t be

tra

ined

in le

ad-s

afe

wor

k pr

actic

es. I

f not

, you

co

uld

face

ten

s of

tho

usan

ds o

f dol

lars

in fi

nes.

Plus

, you

pu

t th

e he

alth

of y

ours

elf,

your

wor

kers

, an

d yo

ur c

hild

ren

at r

isk,

whi

ch c

ould

re

sult

in la

wsu

its. T

hese

wor

k pr

actic

es in

clud

e:

• C

onta

inin

g th

e w

ork

area

.

• A

void

ing

reno

vatio

n m

etho

ds t

hat

gene

rate

larg

e am

ount

s of

lead

-con

tam

inat

ed d

ust.

• C

lean

ing

up t

horo

ughl

y.

Beco

ming

Lead

-Saf

e Ce

rtifi

ed1.

In

divi

dual

ren

ovat

ors

mus

t be

cer

tifi e

d. G

et

cert

ifi ed

by

atte

ndin

g a

one-

day

Ren

ovat

ion,

R

epai

r an

d Pa

intin

g (R

RP)

Rul

e co

urse

. The

pri

ce

for

this

cou

rse

is s

et b

y pr

ivat

e tr

aine

rs a

ccre

dite

d by

the

EPA

. To fi n

d an

acc

redi

ted

trai

ner

near

you

, vi

sit epa.gov/getleadsafe

or c

all

1-800-424-LEAD

.

2.

Your

fi rm

als

o m

ust

be c

ertifi

ed.

App

ly fo

r ce

rtifi

catio

n by

com

plet

ing

and

subm

ittin

g an

ap

plic

atio

n an

d fe

e.

3.

Vis

it ou

r w

ebsi

te e

pa.g

ov/g

etle

adsa

fe t

o fi n

d a

trai

ning

cou

rse,

dow

nloa

d th

e ap

plic

atio

n an

d ge

t m

ore

info

rmat

ion.

hips

wa

B

EPA

regu

latio

ns n

ow m

anda

te th

at a

ny c

ontr

acto

r or m

aint

enan

ce

staff

, fr

om p

lum

bers

to e

lect

rici

ans

to p

aint

ers,

who

dis

turb

s m

ore

than

si

x sq

uare

feet

of p

aint

or r

epla

ces

win

dow

s w

hile

wor

king

in a

pre

-197

8 ho

me

or c

hild

-car

e fa

cilit

y, m

ust n

ow b

e Le

ad-S

afe

Cert

ifi ed

and

trai

ned

in le

ad-s

afe

wor

k pr

actic

es. I

f not

, the

y co

uld

face

tens

of t

hous

ands

of

dolla

rs in

fi ne

s.

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for

the

Log

o

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r Ch

ild-C

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