National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

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October 22–28, 2023

 

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 in an effort to reduce childhood exposure to lead. NLPPW 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 Webinar

  • Children and Lead Exposure: Current Issues: Join CDC Thursday, October 26 from 2-3 p.m. for a live presentation in which subject matter experts will discuss CDC’s childhood lead poisoning prevention efforts, recent stories regarding lead exposure and treatment, and recent recalls. Register here.

Partner Webinars

  • Understanding Lead (Spanish): Join EPA Tuesday, Oct. 24 from 2–3:30 p.m. ET 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 here.
  • 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 here.
  • Understanding Lead: Join EPA Wednesday, Oct. 25 from 2–3:30 p.m. ET for a live webinar about lead, its impacts, and actions that can be taken to reduce potential lead exposures and lead poisoning. Register here.

Watch Our Videos

The Importance of Childhood Blood Lead Testing: This video provides a brief overview of why it is important to protect young children from lead exposure and the importance of blood lead testing.

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention: These training videos provide a brief overview of what lead is, where it is found and why it is important to protect young children from its exposure and is designed for high school and general audiences.

Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2023 Information Kit

The theme of this year’s National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) is “Together, we can prevent lead exposure!” and sub-themes are

  1. Get the Facts
  2. Get Your Home Tested
  3. Get Your Child Tested

The NLPPW Information Kit [PDF 10.5 MB]  (en Español [PDF 10.5 MB]) 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:

In 2023 CDC, EPA, and HUD posted social media messages corresponding to the following questions, which were designed to spark conversation on ways we can reduce and prevent lead exposure. Below each question are a few suggestions on information and topics to share and discuss if you decide to develop your own content. There is also “ready to post” content for each question in the table at the end. 

Outreach for 2023 NLPPW through Social Media

EPA, CDC and HUD posted social media messages corresponding to daily questions for conversation during NLPPW and, starting in September, posted social media messages corresponding to the theme, “Together, we can prevent lead exposure!” Sub-themes include the following

  • Get the Facts
  • Get Your Home Tested
  • Get Your Child Tested

Join @CDCgov, @CDCEnvironment, @EPA, and @HUDgov in sharing the #NLPPW2023 Key Messages on your social media to help spark the conversation about lead. For 2023 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 [PDF – 2 MB] (en Español [PDF 1.7 MB]) to write your own posts using the content ideas or adapt the sample posts for your social media account(s).

Find more social media graphics on CDC’s page: https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/resources/social-media-graphics.html

Find more shareable materials on EPA’s page: https://www.epa.gov/lead/national-lead-poisoning-prevention-week#social

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Sample Social Media Posts for 2023 National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

You can actively participate with HUD, EPA, and CDC to spread the word about National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week by sharing messaging on social media using the hashtags #leadfreekids and #NLPPW2023 and when appropriate #EJ or #EnvironmentalJustice. Also, tag CDC, EPA and/or HUD to help mobilize individuals and communities to take action to reduce the risk of lead exposure in their environments. Interested in learning more about Lead from EPA, HUD, and CDC?

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