When you are pregnant or breastfeeding, lead in your body can be passed to your baby. Click to learn how to stay safe from lead during pregnancy.
Lead dust from paint and paint chips can poison your family. Click to learn how to stay safe from lead dust in your home.
Some imported foods and spices have lead in them. Click to learn more about foods and spices that have lead in them.
Foods high in iron, vitamin C, and calcium help keep lead out of the body and protect your child from the effects of lead poisoning. Click to learn what foods help keep lead out of the body.
Small home repairs, inside or outside, can expose your family to lead dust. Click to learn about what workers should do to keep lead dust from spreading around your home.
If you work with lead, your family can be poisoned from lead dust brought home on your clothes, shoes, hair, and skin.
Click to learn how to keep yourself and your family safe from lead on the job.
There can be lead in the dirt around your home from lead in house paint. Click to learn how to keep lead from getting into the home through dirt.
Ceramic pots and dishes can have lead in the coating or decorations. The lead can get into food and drinks prepared, stored, or served in them, and then into your body. Click to learn more about lead in ceramics.
Some traditional remedies and makeup can have lead in them. Click to learn more about lead in makeup and traditional remedies.
Some toys, especially plastic and painted metal toys, have lead in them. Click to learn how to keep children safe from lead in toys.
Some jewelry, especially inexpensive or toy jewelry, can have lead in it. Click to learn how to keep children safe from lead in jewelry.
You get lead poisoning by breathing in lead that’s in the air or by swallowing lead.
