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  1. Resources • Materials • Lead Dust Testing • Points of Contact

  2. Tipsheets • 11 tipsheets • Range of lead poisoning topics • Primarily for parents, homeowners, landlords • Order paper copies from lead program in quantities less than 200 • Download and print from your office

  3. Tipsheet Topics • Testing Your Child for Lead • Cleaning Up Lead Dust • Sources of Lead • Testing My Home for Lead • Keep Your Child Away from Lead • Looking for Lead Hazards • Get Smart About Lead Paint • Hire RRP Certified Contractors • Lead Poisoning: Do I need to worry? • Don’t Take Lead Home from Your Job • Get the Lead Out: Take Advantage of Unit Turnover

  4. Tipsheet 10 • For general audiences of families with young children • Self-identify risk • Basic lead poisoning prevention info

  5. Kids Run Better Unleaded • DVD • Two versions • English, Somali, Spanish • Somali & English • Running time is 5 min. • Overview of lead poisoning prevention for families • Order from Lead Program

  6. Home Project Resources • Tri-fold Brochure • 5 steps of lead-safe work for families • Includes shopping list • Get to families before they start DIY project • Available in stores where paint is sold • Order from Lead Program

  7. Don’t Spread Lead • DVD & Booklet • For homeowners doing home repair projects • Order from Lead Program Don’t Spread Lead A do-it-yourselfer’s guide to preventing lead poisoning by working lead-safe With an introduction by Norm Abram 2006

  8. Lead Dust Testing • Free! • All costs covered by lead program • Purpose: identify lead dust problems before children are poisoned • For families and landlords • Lots of ways to access free testing • LHOs can refer families and landlords • Families that live in old housing • Landlords of old buildings

  9. Lead Dust Testing: Families • Do-it-yourself home test • Collect samples from three places in home • How-to Video on DVD and YouTube • youtube.com/user/MainePublicHealth • Send to lab for analysis • Lead program sends results and provides support for families with high results • How? • Direct mail offer to parents of 1-year-olds • Partners under contract • Others (LHOs!)

  10. Referring Families for Lead Dust Testing • Order brochures to hand out • Order test kits online • maine.gov/healthyhomes • Refer families to local HMP for facilitated testing in: • Auburn, Augusta, Bangor, Bath, Biddeford, Gardiner, Livermore Falls, Lewiston, Norway, Portland, Saco, Sanford, Rockland, Rumford, Waterville, Skowhegan

  11. Lead Dust Testing: Landlords • Professional, licensed, third-party testing • Collect samples from five places in home • Send to lab for analysis • Technician provides results, follow-up, re-testing • Benefits to landlords • Testing, follow-up and re-testing is 100% free • Fixing problems before kids are poisoned is far less costly than mandatory abatement

  12. Lead Dust Testing: Landlords • Limited availability • Auburn, Augusta, Bangor, Bath, Biddeford, Gardiner, Livermore Falls, Lewiston, Norway, Portland, Saco, Sanford, Rockland, Rumford, Waterville, Skowhegan • LHOs in these towns can refer landlords to local HMP to enroll

  13. Local Programs • Partners under contract for lead poisoning prevention throughout state • Healthy Maine Partnerships • Offer classes, resources • Distribute lead poisoning prevention materials • Have lead poisoning prevention contact • Most activity in highest risk communities • Auburn, Augusta, Bangor, Bath, Biddeford, Gardiner, Livermore Falls, Lewiston, Norway, Portland, Saco, Sanford, Rockland, Rumford, Waterville, Skowhegan

  14. Points of Contact: Resources • Ordering printed materials (Lead Program) • Karyn Butts: karyn.butts@maine.gov, 207-287-6650 • Downloading materials • maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/environmental-health/lead/resources.shtml • Online order form for home lead dust test kits • maine.gov/healthyhomes • Local HMP lead poisoning prevention contacts • Enroll families and landlords in home lead dust testing • Find out about local programs and prevention efforts • maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/environmental-health/eohp/lead/lppf.shtml

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