When was the last time you took your child to get tested for lead poisoning?
Your child may not show any noticeable symptoms of lead poisoning but once they are exposed to lead it cannot be reversed.
How Lead Effects Your Child:
Lead can cause damages to your child’s brain and nervous system, learning disabilities (e.g. lower IQ and attention span), seizures, and even death.
How Your Child Gets Exposed To Lead:
A child’s exposure to lead can be from paint, soil, drinking water, consumer products, foods, cosmetics, medicines, jobs, hobbies, and more. You can visit here to get details on these lead sources.
How To Make Your Home Lead Safe:
SERI partners with City of Tucson's Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program by pre-qualifying candidates. Over a three-year period, the City of Tucson and it's partners (e.g. SERI) will use $2,9000,000 of HUD.gov funding to directly assist an estimated 180 vulnerable households.
Pre-Qualifications:
Low to very-low income (refer to Figure 1 below), a family with a child or children under six years of age, reside or frequently visit an owned home or rental house built prior to 1978.
Figure 1: HUD.gov FY 2020 Income Limits
Contact Us if You Pre-Qualify:
Email us at seri@seriaz.org OR fill out the below form and we will contact you directly.
Lead Poisoning Prevention Additional Facts:
Childhood Lead Screening A Guide for Health Professionals