Take steps to protect yourself and your family from lead.

Drinking water

• Lead in Drinking Water Fact Sheet—WA State Department of Health.

Nutrition

• Fight Lead Poisoning with a Healthy Diet—U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
• Get the Lead Out-Facts About Nutrition and Lead Poisoning—Illinois Department of Public Health.

How to protect your family

• Protect Your Family from Lead in Your ..Home—EPA
• Keep Your Child Safe from Lead —EPA.
• Reduce Exposure to Lead in Older Homes—WA Toxics Coalition Fact Sheet.
• Take Healthy Actions—Facts about lead and arsenic in soil.
• Lead Paint and Lead Safety Video—Learn how to play it safe.

Resources

• EPA—Lead and how to test drinking water, renovate safely and find a lead-safe certified renovation firm.
• Tacoma Public Utilities—More about water quality and how to keep lead out of water.
• WA State Department of Health—Lead exposure, who is at risk for lead poisoning, health effects, testing and more.
• Dirt Alert Program—Learn about arsenic and lead in the soil.
• HealthyStuff.org or U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission—Check your child's toys for lead.

Recursos del Plomo

• Los Resultados del Examen de Plomo de Mi Hijo
• Combata el Envenenamiento con Plomo con una Dieta Saludable
• Proteja a Su Familia Contra el Plomo en el Hojar
• Mantenga a Su Nino Libre del Plomo
• Seguridad de la Pintura con Plomo

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