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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

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.

Look

for

the

Log

o

Was

You

r Ch

ild-C

are

Facilit

y Bu

ilt B

efor

e 19

78?

If Y

es,T

hen:

infin

es.

ers,

d

hods

tha

t ge

nera

teta

min

ated

dus

t.

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