Renovate Right – The industry standard which defines lead hazards and lead safety and all the basic information regarding the EPA RRP rule and how to perform a renovation correctly and ‘lead-safe’. Also available in Spanish format.
Protect your Family From Lead in Your Home – Another industry standard containing everything you need to know about lead, lead safety and how to protect your family from this hazard in the home. Also available in Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Vietnamese, Somali, Chinese, French format.
Steps to LEAD SAFE Renovation, Repair and Painting
7 Steps for a Healthy Home – 7 quick & easy steps to help keep your home safe and healthy.
Small Entity Compliance Guide – The RRP rule in a nutshell. A-Z for contractors.
Chance of a lifetime – Give Your Child The Chance of a Lifetime – Keep Your Child Lead-Safe.
What You Need To Know About Lead Poisoning . Also avalable in Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, French in format.
Lead Poisoning – Home Checklist
Lista De Verificación – De Envenenamiento
Home Advisory – Talking Points for Head Start Staff
Songs Head Start Classroom Exercises – One of the most important ways to keep children healthy is to teach them how to avoid lead hazards. Songs reinforce ideas about how to stay lead safe. These songs are designed for children from the ages of 1 to 5 years old. The following suggested questions could be used to reinforce the main ideas in the songs.
Healthy Snacks Head Start Classroom Exercises – Eating healthy is an important part of keeping young children (especially those under the age of six) safe from the dangers posed by lead. The following snacks are examples of foods that are high in iron, calcium, and vitamin C, nutrients that can protect children from lead poisoning. When making the snacks, explain to children that eating healthy can help protect them from lead poisoning. Children with healthy diets can absorb less lead in their bones and blood streams.
Chip & Dusty Head Start Classroom Exercises – One important way to keep children healthy is to teach them how to avoid lead hazards in and around their homes. This story is intended for children between the ages of 3 and 6 years old. Lead interferes with the development and functioning of almost all body organs, particularly the kidneys, red blood cells, and central nervous system. The following story should be performed as a puppet show to illustrate important behaviors children should learn to avoid lead hazards. You will need three socks or paper bags to create the three characters.
Bocadillos Saludables (Ejercicios de Clase) – Una alimentación saludable es importante para mantener a los niños pequeños (sobre todo a los menores de seis años de edad) protegidos de los peligros del plomo. Los siguientes bocadillos son ejemplos de comidas que tienen un alto contenido de hierro, calcio y vitamina C, que son nutrientes que pueden prot ger a los niños del envenenamiento por plomo. Al confeccionar los bocadillos, explíquele a los niños que el comer saludablemente los protege del envenenamiento por plomo. Los niños que tienen una dieta saludable absorben menos plomo en sus huesos y en el torrente sanguíneo. Sin embargo, recuérdeles ta bién que se mantengan alejados de tres importantes fuentes del plomo
Chip Puppet – Paper Bag Instructions
Buster Puppet – Paper Bag Instructions
Dusty Puppet – Paper Bag Instructions
Reducing Lead Hazards When Remodeling Your Home – Another excellent source for A-Z information about lead safety when renovating your home. (en Español)
Help Yourself to a Healthy Home – An A-Z ‘healthy home’ brochure covering everything from allergens to air and water.
Lead and Pregnancy 2010 – A 300 page comprehensive booklet covering everything both pregnant and new mothers need to know about protecting their unborn and newly born babies from lead poisoning.
Get Ahead of Lead if You’re Pregnant – A simple 2 page brochure with the basics of avoiding lead exposure to your unborn baby.
Contractors Lead Safety During Renovation – A 2 page complete checklist to help contractors & renovators stay RRP compliant. (en Español)
Effects of Lead on Children – A 1-sheet handout on the symptoms and effects of childhood lead poisoning.
Fight Lead Poisoning with a Healthy Diet – great tips on how to use certain foods to help battle lead poisoning. (en Español)
Lead Poisoning and Learning – A 1-sheet handout on how lead poisoning effects childhood learning.
Lead Poisoning, Behavior & Violence – A 1-sheet handout on the links between lead poisoning, behavior difficulties and violence.
Lead Poisoning Prevention Saves Community Huge Money – A 2-sheet handout on how lead poisoning prevention creates huge bottom-line savings for society.
Eliminating Childhood Lead Poisoning – The complete 91 page booklet from the U.S. government explaining their plan to eliminate childhood lead poisoning.
What Every Caregiver Should Know About Lead – An educational 1-sheet checklist for caregivers regarding lead safety.