Lead poisoning prevention resources for the public
The resources listed below provide tips and recommendations on how to keep you and your family safe from blood lead poisoning. Contact your local health department if you have more questions or concerns.
Children and parents
- Help me be lead free
- Pregnancy and lead poisoning
- Fight lead poisoning with a healthy diet
- Lead in your home: A parent's reference guide
- Protect your family from lead in your home
Renovation
- Cleaning up lead in the home: Wet washing
- Renovate right: Important lead hazard information for families, child care providers, and schools
- Utah Department of Environmental Quality Lead-Based Paint Program
Drinking water
Products
Hobbies and occupational exposure
Other resources
- Baby Watch Early Intervention
- The purpose of the Baby Watch Early Intervention Program is to enhance early growth and development in infants and toddlers, who have developmental delays or disabilities, by providing individualized support and services to the child and their family.
- The purpose of the Baby Watch Early Intervention Program is to enhance early growth and development in infants and toddlers, who have developmental delays or disabilities, by providing individualized support and services to the child and their family.
- Medicaid
- Medicaid is a state/federal program that pays for medical services for low-income pregnant women, children, individuals who are elderly or have a disability, parents and women with breast or cervical cancer. To qualify, these individuals must meet income and other eligibility requirements.
- Salt Lake County Lead Safe Housing Program
- The focus of the program is to remediate lead hazards in homes built before 1978, where children under the age of six reside or visit frequently.
- Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
- WIC provides nutrition and breastfeeding services, and supplemental foods to pregnant women, mothers, infants, and children up to their 5th birthday. WIC offers nutrition education, personalized breastfeeding support, and referrals to other public health programs that may help your family.