Education

Knowledge and awareness are key factors in preventing lead poisoning! Lead poisoning is 100% preventable!! Learn how to keep your friends and family safe from this terrible disease!

Through our outreach and education component, we have reached over 35,000 people (children, parents, property owners, day-care providers, etc.).

Are you lead smart??
Take our quick quiz to see if you are lead-smart!

1. Lead poisoning is 100% preventable!
                 True          False
2. The only way to tell if a child has elevated levels of lead in his or her body is to have the child tested!
                 True          False
3. If you live in a home built after 1978, your child cannot be lead poisoned!
                 True          False
4. A healthy diet and frequent hand washing can cut down a child's risk of being lead poisoned!
                 True          False
5. Lead poisoning only affects urban children!
                 True          False

ANSWERS
1. True! It sure is preventable; learn tips to keep your family safe from lead poisoning!
2. True! There are no outward symptoms - a blood lead test is the only accurate way to find out if your child has high lead levels in his or her body.
3. False! Consider where else your child spends time...friends' or relatives' homes, etc.
4. True! Bring on the soap, the vitamin C, calcium & iron!
5. False! Children in any neighborhood can be affected. Lead poisoning does not discriminate!