At a glance
Each year, National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) is a call to bring together individuals, organizations, industry, and state, tribal, and local governments to increase lead poisoning prevention awareness to reduce childhood exposure to lead. Review activities and resources for the 25th annual National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week.
October 20–26, 2024
In 1999 Senate Resolution 199 established NLPPW. The observance highlights the many ways parents can reduce children's exposure to lead in their environment and prevent its serious health effects. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and our partners work to heighten awareness of lead poisoning, provide resources, and encourage preventive actions during NLPPW and beyond.
Attend webinars
CDC webinars
Leave lead behind: How to protect your family from exposure
Join CDC Physician Dr. Arthur Chang, MD and Health Communication Specialist Noëlle Kachinsky, MBA on October 23, 2024, from 1:00–2:00 p.m. EDT for a webinar to learn more about how to prevent lead exposure, the health effects of lead exposure, what to do if a child has been exposed to lead, and historical national trends for lead levels. Register for Leave lead behind: How to protect your family from exposure webinar.
Lead-Free Communities Initiative: The Road to Lead Exposure Elimination
Join CDC Public Health Advisor Quanza Brooks-Griffin, MPA on October 24, 2024, from 2:00–3:00 p.m. EDT for a webinar to learn more about the Lead-Free Communities initiative and ways our toolkit can help get your organization involved in reducing lead exposure. Register for Lead-Free Communities Initiative Webinar.
Partner webinars
Know Your Rights! Federal Lead-based Paint Regulations (English with simultaneous Spanish interpretation)
If you lease or own a pre-1978 house, join EPA and HUD on October 21, 2024, from 6–7:30 p.m. EDT for a webinar to learn more about your rights under the lead-based paint disclosure rule and the renovation, repair and painting rules, including how you can report violations of those rules. Register for Know Your Rights! Federal Lead-based Paint Regulations Webinar.
Understanding Lead (English with sign language interpretation)
Join EPA October 22, 2024, from 2–3:00 p.m. EDT for a live webinar about lead, its impacts, and actions that can be taken to reduce potential lead exposures and lead poisoning. Register for Understanding Lead Webinar.
Información sobre el plomo (Understanding Lead in Spanish)
Join EPA Wednesday, October 23, 2024, from 2:00–3:00 p.m. EDT for a live webinar in Spanish about lead, its impacts, and actions that can be taken to reduce potential lead exposures and lead poisoning. Register for Información sobre el plomo seminario web.
Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule awareness
Join EPA Wednesday, Oct. 25 from 12–1 p.m. ET for a live presentation for contractors and local building code and enforcement officials about EPA's RRP rule, which concerns RRP projects in homes, childcare facilities and preschools built before 1978. Register for Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule awareness webinar.
El impacto del plomo en el aire interior y en la salud de los niños (ofrecido solo en español)
Únase a la EPA y HUD el martes 22 de octubre de 2024, 1:00–2:00 p.m. EDT para un seminario web sobre el impacto del plomo en la calidad del aire interior, los impactos del plomo en los niños y por qué son más vulnerables junto con las fuentes de plomo en el hogar y el exterior. Aprenda a minimizar su riesgo de exposición al plomo. Inscríbase en este El impacto del plomo en el aire interior y en la salud de los niños seminario web.
The impact of lead on indoor air and children's health (webinar only offered in Spanish)
Join EPA and HUD Tuesday October 22, 2024, from 1:00–2:00 p.m. EDT for a webinar about the impact of lead on indoor air quality, effects of lead on children and why they’re vulnerable along with sources of lead in the home and outdoors. Learn how to minimize your risk of lead exposure. Register for the impact of lead on indoor air and children's health webinar.
Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2024 information kit
The theme of this year's National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) is "Bright futures begin lead-free" and sub-themes are:
- Get the facts
- Get your child tested
- Get your home tested
The NLPPW information kit (en Español) aims to help individuals, organizations, and state and local governments to work together to reduce childhood exposure to lead. The Information Kit provides state and local governments and organizations with key materials and resources that are available for distribution to a wide array of audiences. The digital kit Includes:
- Basic lead poisoning information
- Talking points
- Steps to create localized outreach
- Examples of awareness activities
- Digital materials
- Social media
- Other resources
For more information including downloadable/customizable materials such as posters, flyers, images, etc., please visit these partner websites:
Outreach for 2024 NLPPW through social media
Join @CDCgov, @CDCEnvironment, @EPA, and @HUDgov in sharing the #NLPPW2024 Key Messages on your social media to help spark the conversation about lead. For 2024 NLPPW, you could retweet or share messages sent from the EPA, CDC and HUD social media accounts, and/or use the Sample Social Media Package (en Español) to write your own posts using the content ideas or adapt sample posts for your social media account(s).
Find more social media graphics on CDC's page: https://www.cdc.gov/lead-prevention/communication-resources/social-media.html
Find more shareable materials on EPA's page: https://www.epa.gov/lead/national-lead-poisoning-prevention-week#social.
Watch our videos
Childhood lead poisoning prevention: training for healthcare and public health professionals to learn how to help prevent childhood lead poisoning in your community.
Community education videos: videos designed for high school and general audiences, on what lead is, where it is found and why it is important to protect young children from its exposure.
Lead exposure and children: FAQs for families: the American Academy of Pediatrics provides key facts about lead and provides information about lead poisoning treatment and what to know about well water.
Simple tips to reduce lead exposure: simple tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics show you where lead hides and what you can do to reduce your child's exposure.
The importance of childhood blood lead testing: brief overview of why it is important to protect young children from lead exposure and the importance of blood lead testing.
More resources
Fact sheets
- 5 things you can do: information on how to help lower elevated blood lead levels (en Español)
- All children can be exposed to lead: real-world examples of situations where children have been exposed to lead (printable PDF)
- Are you pregnant?: information on lead poisoning prevention for pregnant women, in English and en Español
- Blood lead levels in children: fact sheet with information on blood lead levels in children
- How to prevent lead poisoning in children: common sources of lead and steps to reduce your child's risk of lead exposure. (printable PDFs in English and en Español)
- Know the facts: facts and information on lead poisoning prevention. (printable PDFs in English and en Español)
For more communication tools and resources for childhood lead poisoning prevention in Spanish see our Spanish communication resources page.