Are You At-Risk?

If you answer "Yes" or "I do not know" to any of these questions, you and your unborn baby may be at-risk for lead expoosure.  Contact your doctor for follow-up, as what you do today, may protect your child's tomorrow.

1. Do you live in or visit a home built before 1978 with chipping, flaking or peeling paint on the interior or exterior?
2. Do you live in or visit a home built before 1978 that is being or recently was renovated?
3. Have any of your family and friends or their children had high lead levels?
4. Do you use leaded crystal, old pottery or pottery from another country for food preparation? (i.e. cooking, serving or storage)
5. Sometimes pregnant women have the urge to eat things other than food such as clay, soil, plaster or paint chips.  Do you ever eat or chew on such items?
6. Do you or anyone in your home have a job that involves:

• Renovating, repainting or demolishing older homes?
• Refinishing old painted furniture?
• Working in an automotive garage?
• Painting boats, bridges or tunnels?
• Removing or sandblasting old paint?