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Lead can harm your child, slowing physical and mental growth and damaging many parts of the body. The most common way children get lead poisoning is by being around old house paint that is chipping or peeling. Some authorities recommend lead tests at 1 and 2 years of age.
Use a check to mark "yes" answers to the questions below. Any "yes" answers may mean that your child needs lead tests earlier and more often than other children.
____ Lived in or regularly visited a house with peeling or chipped paint built before 1960? (This could include a day care center, preschool, the home of a babysitter, etc.)
____ Lived in or regularly visited a house built before 1960 with recent, ongoing, or planned renovation or remodeling?
____ Had a brother or sister, housemate, or playmate with lead poisoning?
____ Lived with an adult whose job or hobby involves exposure to lead (such as refinishing furniture, making pottery or stained glass, or working in any of the industries listed in the next question)?
____ Lived near a lead smelter, battery plant, car repair shop, glass or pipe factory, or other industry likely to release lead?
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