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Related Sites
- Birth Defects Monitoring and Analysis
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Environmental Health Division
Lead Fact Sheets and Brochures
Lead education and outreach materials
MDH fact sheets and brochures by language
- A-Z List of Contaminants in Water: Lead
- Childhood Lead Exposure: Are Your Kids at Risk? (PDF)
- Common Sources of Lead
- Gardening in Urban Soil
- Home Water Treatment
- Lead Awareness (PDF)
- Lead Exposure during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
- Lead in Soil (PDF)
- Protect Children From Lead with Healthy Foods (PDF)
- Steps to Help Lower Your Child's Blood Lead Level
In the Home
- Cleaning Up Lead Dust in Your Home (PDF)
- Simplified Cleaning Up Lead Dust in Your Home (PDF)
- Take-Home Lead: A Preventable Risk for Your Family
In Products
Gardening in Urban Soil
Common Sources of Lead
Protect Children from Lead with Healthy Foods
In the Home
Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Simplified Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
In Products
Lead in Imported Products
Common Sources of Lead
Protect Children from Lead with Healthy Foods
In the Home
Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Simplified Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Take-Home Lead
In Products
Lead in Imported Products
Common Sources of Lead
Protect Children from Lead with Healthy Foods
In the Home
Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Simplified Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Take-Home Lead
In Products
Lead in Imported Products
Common Sources of Lead
Metal Toxicity from Ayurvedic Medications
Common Sources of Lead
Protect Children from Lead with Healthy Foods
In the Home
Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Simplified Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Take-Home Lead
In Products
Lead in Imported Products
Metal Toxicity from Ayurvedic Medications
Childhood Lead Exposure
Common Sources of Lead
Lead Exposure During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Gardening in Urban Soil
Protect Children from Lead with Healthy Foods
Steps to Help Lower Your Child’s Blood Lead Level
In the Home
Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Simplified Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Take-Home Lead
In Products
Lead in Imported Products
- Common Sources of Lead (PDF)
- Lead Exposure During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding (PDF)
- Protect Children from Lead with Healthy Foods (PDF)
- Steps to help lower your child's blood lead level (PDF)
In the Home
- Cleaning Up Lead Dust in your Home (PDF)
- Simplified Cleaning up Lead Dust in Your Home (PDF)
- Take Home Lead (PDF)
In Products
Common Sources of Lead
Common Sources of Lead
Protect Children from Lead with Healthy Food
In the Home
Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Simplified Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
In Products
Lead in Imported Products
Metal Toxicity from Ayurvedic Medications
Childhood Lead Exposure: Are Your Kids at Risk?
Common Sources of Lead
Protect Children from Lead with Healthy Food
Steps to Help Lower Your Child’s Blood Lead Level
In the Home
Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Simplified Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Take-Home Lead
In Products
Lead in Imported Products
Common Sources of Lead
Protect Children from Lead with Healthy Food
In the Home
Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Simplified Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Take-Home Lead
In Products
Lead in Imported Products
Common Sources of Lead
Metal Toxicity from Ayurvedic Medications
Childhood Lead Exposure: Are Your Kids at Risk?
Common Sources of Lead
Gardening in Urban Soil
Protect Children from Lead with Healthy Eating
Steps to Help Lower Your Child’s Blood Lead Level
In the Home
Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Simplified Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Take Home Lead
In Products
Lead in Imported Products
Childhood Lead Exposure: Are Your Kids at Risk?
Common Sources of Lead
Lead Awareness
Lead Exposure during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Gardening in Urban Soil
Protect Children from Lead with Healthy Food
Steps to Help Lower Your Child’s Blood Lead Level
In the Home
Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Simplified Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Take-Home Lead
In Products
Lead and Cadmium in Children's Jewelry
Lead in Imported Products
Common Sources of Lead
Protect Children from Lead with Healthy Eating
In the Home
Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
Simplified Cleaning up Lead Dust in your Home
In Products
Lead in Imported Products
Metal Toxicity from Ayurvedic Medications
Common Sources of Lead
Additional resources
U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The following brochures and translated resources from the EPA provide useful information to protect yourself and your family from the harmful effects of lead:
- Steps to Lead Safe Remodeling, Repair and Painting (PDF) - a step by step guide for homeowners who plan to do their own home remodeling work.
- Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home (PDF) - an informative brochure for prospective tenants or homeowners who intend to lease or purchase a pre-1978 home.
- EPA en español (Translated into Spanish)
Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home - Real Estate Disclosure (Available in Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, Arabic, Somali)
More translated materials
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (Translated into Spanish)
Twin Cities Public Television
Lead Safe Housing Equals Lead Free Kids Video - MDH partnered with the Emergency & Community Health Outreach (ECHO) program to create these videos that includes lead prevention videos in English, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Vietnamese, Somali and Spanish.
- ECHO | Lead Safe Housing Equals Lead Free Kids | English
- ECHO | Lead Safe Housing Equals Lead Free Kids | Hmong
- ECHO | Lead Safe Housing Equals Lead Free Kids | Somali
- ECHO | Lead Safe Housing Equals Lead Free Kids | Spanish
- ECHO | Lead Safe Housing Equals Lead Free Kids | Khmer, Lao, Vietnamese