This Guidebook provides Agency recommendations on how you can reduce your family's risk of lead exposure and prevent lead poisoning, ranging from simple steps you can do now to more rigorous that will permanently get rid of lead hazards in your home.

Cover title. Shipping list no.: 1998-0293-P. "June 1998." "EPA 747-B-98-002."

Lead in you home: Parent's guide -- How lead has commonly been used -- Finding lead hazards in your home -- Other sources of lead hazards -- Health effects of lead -- Lead poisoning prevention -- Reducing the risk of lead in your home: Testing for lead -- How to reduce your family's risk of lead poisoning -- Routine cleaning and maintenance -- Rules for sellers, landlords, and renovators -- Protecting your children from lead poisoning: Building good habits and safe surroundings -- Testing you and your family for lead poisoning -- Choosing a child-care provider -- What your children need to know -- What you need to know before working on your home: Equipment -- How to work safely -- Remodeling and renovation: Replacing or working on windows -- Preparing surfaces for new paint or wallpaper -- Removing or replacing carpeting -- Performing duct and plumbing work -- Performing minor repairs -- Working on the exterior of your home -- Interim controls: Safe management of lead-based paint in your home -- Removing dust -- Repainting lead-painted surfaces -- Repairing friction and impact surfaces -- Preventing access to soil hazards -- Abatement: Lead abatement: What it is, who should do it -- Replacement -- Enclosure -- Encapsulation -- Paint removal -- Soil abatement -- Help from a risk assessor or a contractor -- Cleaning up lead waste: Daily cleanup -- Personal cleanup -- Final cleanup -- Appendixes: For more information -- State lead program contacts -- EPA regional lead contacts -- Abatement guidelines for your contractor.