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Checking Your Home for Lead <br />Just knowing <br />that a home <br />has lead- <br />based plaint <br />may not tell <br />you if there <br />is a hazard. <br />JJJ <br />6 <br />You can get your home tested for lead in <br />several different ways: <br />♦ A paint inspection tells you whether your <br />home has lead-based paint and where it <br />is located. It won't tell you whether or not <br />your home currently has lead hazards. <br />♦ A risk assessment tells you if your home <br />currently has any lead hazards from lead <br />in paint, dust, or soil. It also tells you what <br />actions to take to address any hazards. <br />♦ A combination risk assessment and <br />inspection tells you if your home has <br />any lead hazards and if your home has <br />any lead-based paint, and where the <br />lead-based paint is located. <br />Hire a trained and certified testing profes- <br />sional who will use a range of reliable <br />methods when testing your home. <br />♦ <br />Visual inspection of paint condition <br />and location. <br />♦ A portable x-ray Fluorescence (XRF) <br />machine. <br />♦ Lab tests of paint, dust, and soil <br />samples. <br />There are state and federal programs in <br />place to ensure that testing is done safely, <br />reliably, and effectively. Contact your state <br />or local agency (see bottom of page 1 1) for <br />more information, or call 1 -800 -424 -LEAD <br />(5323) for a list of contacts in your area. <br />Home test kits for lead are available, but <br />may not always be accurate. Consumers <br />should not rely on these kits before doing <br />renovations or to assure safety. <br />