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Other Sources of Lead. Lead in Drinking Water The most common sources of lead in drinking water are lead pipes, faucets, and fixtures. Lead pipes are more likely to be found in older cities and homes built before 1986. You can’t smell or taste lead in drinking water. To find out for certain if you have lead in drinking water, have your water tested. Remember older homes with a private well can also have plumbing materials that contain lead. Important Steps You Can Take to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water • Use only cold water for drinking, cooking and making baby formula. Remember, boiling water does not remove lead from water. • Before drinking, flush your home’s pipes by running the tap, taking a shower, doing laundry, or doing a load of dishes. • Regularly clean your faucet’s screen (also known as an aerator). • If you use a filter certified to remove lead, don’t forget to read the directions to learn when to change the cartridge. Using a filter after it has expired can make it less effective at removing lead. Contact your water company to determine if the pipe that connects your home to the water main (called a service line) is made from lead. Your area’s water company can also provide information about the lead levels in your system’s drinking water. For more information about lead in drinking water, please contact EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 0-000-000-0000. If you have other questions about lead poisoning prevention, call 0-000 000-XXXX.* Call your local health department or water company to find out about testing your water, or visit xxx.xxx/xxxxxxxxx for EPA’s lead in drinking water information. Some states or utilities offer programs to pay for water testing for residents. Contact your state or local water company to learn more. * Hearing- or speech-challenged individuals may access this number through TTY 13 by calling the Federal Relay Service at 0-000-000-0000. Other Sources of Lead, continued • Lead smelters or other industries that release lead into the air. • Your job. If you work with lead, you could bring it home on your body or clothes. Shower and change clothes before coming home. Launder your work clothes separately from the rest of your family’s clothes. • Hobbies that use lead, such as making pottery or stained glass, or refinishing furniture. Call your local health department for information about hobbies that may use lead. • Old toys and furniture may have been painted with lead-containing paint. Older toys and other children’s products may have parts that contain lead.4 • Food and liquids cooked or stored in lead crystal or lead-glazed pottery or porcelain may contain lead. • Folk remedies, such as “xxxxx” and “xxxxxxx,” used to treat an upset stomach. 4 In 1978, the federal government banned toys, other children’s products, and furniture with lead-containing paint. In 2008, the federal government banned lead in most children’s products. The federal government currently bans lead in excess of 100 ppm by weight in most children’s products.

Other Sources of Lead. Lead in Drinking Water The most common sources of lead in drinking water are lead pipes, faucets, and fixturesfxtures. Lead pipes are more likely to be found in older cities and homes built before 1986. You can’t smell or taste lead in drinking water. To find fnd out for certain if you have lead in drinking water, have your water tested. Remember older homes with a private well can also have plumbing materials that contain lead. Important Steps You Can Take to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water • Use only cold water for drinking, cooking and making baby formula. Remember, boiling water does not remove lead from water. • Before drinking, flush fush your home’s pipes by running the tap, taking a shower, doing laundry, or doing a load of dishes. • Regularly clean your faucet’s screen (also known as an aerator). • If you use a filter certified flter certifed to remove lead, don’t forget to read the directions to learn when to change the cartridge. Using a filter flter after it has expired can make it less effective efective at removing lead. Contact your water company to determine if the pipe that connects your home to the water main (called a service line) is made from lead. Your area’s water company can also provide information about the lead levels in your system’s drinking water. For more information about lead in drinking water, please contact EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 0-000-000-0000. If you have other questions about lead poisoning prevention, call 0-000 000-XXXX.* Call your local health department or water company to find fnd out about testing your water, or visit xxx.xxx/xxxxxxxxx for EPA’s lead in drinking water information. Some states or utilities offer ofer programs to pay for water testing for residents. Contact your state or local water company to learn more. * Hearing- or speech-challenged individuals may access this number through TTY 13 by calling the Federal Relay Service at 0-000-000-0000. Other Sources of Lead, continued • Lead smelters or other industries that release lead into the air. • Your job. If you work with lead, you could bring it home on your body or clothes. Shower and change clothes before coming home. Launder your work clothes separately from the rest of your family’s clothes. • Hobbies that use lead, such as making pottery or stained glass, or refinishing refnishing furniture. Call your local health department for information about hobbies that may use lead. • Old toys and furniture may have been painted with lead-containing paint. Older toys and other children’s products may have parts that contain lead.4 • Food and liquids cooked or stored in lead crystal or lead-glazed pottery or porcelain may contain lead. • Folk remedies, such as “xxxxx” and “xxxxxxx,” used to treat an upset stomach. 4 In 1978, the federal government banned toys, other children’s products, and furniture with lead-containing paint. In 2008, the federal government banned lead in most children’s products. The federal government currently bans lead in excess of 100 ppm by weight in most children’s products.

Other Sources of Lead. Lead in Drinking Water The most common sources of lead in drinking water are lead pipes, faucets, and fixtures. Lead pipes are more likely to be found in older cities and homes built before 1986. You can’t smell or taste lead in drinking water. To find out for certain if you have lead in drinking water, have your water tested. Remember older homes with a private well can also have plumbing materials that contain lead. Important Steps You Can Take to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water • Use only cold water for drinking, cooking and making baby formula. Remember, boiling water does not remove lead from water. • Before drinking, flush your home’s pipes by running the tap, taking a shower, doing laundry, or doing a load of dishes. • Regularly clean your faucet’s screen (also known as an aerator). • If you use a filter certified to remove lead, don’t forget to read the directions to learn when to change the cartridge. Using a filter after it has expired can make it less effective at removing lead. Contact your water company to determine if the pipe that connects your home to the water main (called a service line) is made from lead. Your area’s water company can also provide information about the lead levels in your system’s drinking water. For more information about lead in drinking water, please contact EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 0-000-000-0000. If you have other questions about lead poisoning prevention, call 0-000 000-XXXX.* Call your local health department or water company to find out about testing your water, or visit xxx.xxx/xxxxxxxxx for EPA’s lead in drinking water information. Some states or utilities offer programs to pay for water testing for residents. Contact your state or local water company to learn more. * Hearing- or speech-challenged individuals may access this number through TTY 13 by calling the Federal Relay Service at 0-000-000-0000. Other Sources of Lead, continued NOT A VALID FORM • Lead smelters or other industries that release lead into the air. • Your job. If you work with lead, you could bring it home on your body or clothes. Shower and change clothes before coming home. Launder your work clothes separately from the rest of your family’s clothes. • Hobbies that use lead, such as making pottery or stained glass, or refinishing furniture. Call your local health department for information about hobbies that may use lead. • Old toys and furniture may have been painted with lead-containing paint. Older toys and other children’s products may have parts that contain lead.4 • Food and liquids cooked or stored in lead crystal or lead-glazed pottery or porcelain may contain lead. • Folk remedies, such as “xxxxx” and “xxxxxxx,” used to treat an upset stomach. testing your water, or visit xxx.xxx/xxxxxxxxx for EPA’s lead in drinking water information. Some states or utilities offer programs to pay for water testing for residents. Contact your state or local water company to learn more. * Hearing- or speech-challenged individuals may access this number through TTY 13 by calling the Federal Relay Service at 0-000-000-0000. 4 In 1978, the federal government banned toys, other children’s products, and furniture with lead-containing paint. In 2008, the federal government banned lead in most children’s products. The federal government currently bans lead in excess of 100 ppm by weight in most children’s products.

Other Sources of Lead. Lead in Drinking Water The most common sources of lead in drinking water are lead pipes, faucets, and fixtures. Lead pipes are more likely to be found in older cities and homes built before 1986. You can’t smell or taste lead in drinking water. To find out for certain if you have lead in drinking water, have your water tested. Remember older homes with a private well can also have plumbing materials that contain lead. Important Steps You Can Take to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water • Use only cold water for drinking, cooking and making baby formula. Remember, boiling water does not remove lead from water. • Before drinking, flush your home’s pipes by running the tap, taking a shower, doing laundry, or doing a load of dishes. • Regularly clean your faucet’s screen (also known as an aerator). • If you use a filter certified to remove lead, don’t forget to read the directions to learn when to change the cartridge. Using a filter after it has expired can make it less effective at removing lead. Contact your water company to determine if the pipe that connects your home to the water main (called a service line) is made from lead. Your area’s water company can also provide information about the lead levels in your system’s drinking water. For more information about lead in drinking water, please contact EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 0-000-000-0000. If you have other questions about lead poisoning prevention, call 0-000 000-XXXX.* Call your local health department or water company to find out about testing your water, or visit xxx.xxx/xxxxxxxxx for EPA’s lead in drinking water information. Some states or utilities offer programs to pay for water testing for residents. Contact your state or local water company to learn more. * Hearing- or speech-challenged individuals may access this number through TTY 13 by calling the Federal Relay Service at 0-000-000-0000. Other Sources of Lead, continued • Lead smelters or other industries that release lead into the air. • Your job. If you work with lead, you could bring it home on your body or clothes. Shower and change clothes before coming home. Launder your work clothes separately from the rest of your family’s clothes. • Hobbies that use lead, such as making pottery or stained glass, or refinishing furniture. Call your local health department for information about hobbies that may use lead. • Old toys and furniture may have been painted with lead-containing paint. Older toys and other children’s products may have parts that contain lead.4 • Food and liquids cooked or stored in lead crystal or lead-glazed pottery or porcelain may contain lead. • Folk remedies, such as “xxxxx” and “xxxxxxx,” used to treat an upset stomach. testing your water, or visit xxx.xxx/xxxxxxxxx for EPA’s lead in drinking water information. Some states or utilities offer programs to pay for water testing for residents. Contact your state or local water company to learn more. * Hearing- or speech-challenged individuals may access this number through TTY 13 by calling the Federal Relay Service at 0-000-000-0000. 4 In 1978, the federal government banned toys, other children’s products, and furniture with lead-containing paint. In 2008, the federal government banned lead in most children’s products. The federal government currently bans lead in excess of 100 ppm by weight in most children’s products.