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What is lead poisoning?
How can I protect my children from lead poisoning?
Where does lead hide?
How can I get my home tested for lead?
How can I get my children tested for lead?
Where can I get more information?
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| 1880-1920 |
Victorian |
Inside on painted baseboards, doors, door and window trim, window frames, kitchen cabinets, painted floors, bathroom and kitchen walls. Outside on porch posts and rails, wood trim, and painted brick |
| 1921-1940 |
Brick Bungalow |
Inside on painted baseboards, doors, door and window trim, window frames, kitchen cabinets, and painted floors. Outside on wood trim. |
| 1941-1965 |
Brick ranches and wood bungalows |
Inside on painted wood window frames, baseboards, and door frames. Outside on door and window frames and other wood trim. |
| 1966-1978 |
Brick ranches, condos, townhomes, manufactured housing |
Rarely on inside. Occasionally outside on door and window frames and other wood trim. |
| Don’t assume your house matches these guidelines exactly. They are meant to give you an idea only. |
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- Windowsills in old homes with painted, wood window frames (typically, the kind of windows that open up and down). Lead dust from opening and closing the window builds up here.
- Window troughs in old homes with painted, wood window. A window trough is the area at the base of the window. When a window closes, it sits in the window trough. The window trough was often painted with lead-based paint. Dirt containing lead often blows into the window trough and dust from opening and closing the window builds up there.
- Front porch posts and rails with chipping paint. Children often touch these posts when they play on the porch.
- Exterior doors with chipping paint. Children often touch this paint when they come into the house.
- Concrete basement floors or stairs. Dirt containing lead dust from the outside builds up on concrete floors because they are hard to clean. Young children often touch these floors when playing or crawling.
- Dirt outside may contain lead dust or lead-based paint chips. Children that play in the dirt may get lead dust on their hands or toys.
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Lead-based paint was available for house paint until 1978. The older the home, the more likely that lead-based paint was used in the home, the more likely it is inside the home instead of on the outside, and the higher the amount of lead in the paint. Here are some general guidelines based on our experience in Denver:
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