Homewoners and Renters

Assuring Safe Practices

The Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program - Environmental Health Unit enforces regulatory compliance for lead hazard evaluations and abatement projects. The primary focus is on locations occupied or visited by children, such as residences and public access buildings. They:

• Work to reduce and eliminate lead hazards and exposures.
• Conduct field investigations and respond to tips and/or complaints from the public about unsafe lead work practices.
• Respond to questions from the general public and provide technical assistance to them and other governmental agencies about regulatory requirements and lead-safe work practices.
• Provide lead-safe work practices training to contractors, local government agencies, and property owners/property management companies.

Reporting Unsafe Work Practices

The following work practices may create lead hazards and are prohibited when performed on homes or buildings built prior to 1978, or any industrial structure:

• Open flame burning or torching
• Machine sanding/grinding without containment
• Hydro-blasting/pressure washing without containment
• Abrasive/sand blasting without containment
• Dry sanding/scraping without containment

If you observe any of these unsafe work practices, file a complaint .

Our program can provide lead-safe work practices training to contractors, local government agencies, and property owners/property management companies at no cost. Request a training.