Free Lead Dust Tests
Maine CDC offers free home lead dust test kits to families with young children or children on the way. Order a free home lead dust test kit. Watch our video to see how to do the test.
Lead Safety and Best Practices
Lead is dangerous to children but lead poisoning can be prevented. To prevent poisoning, learn how to be safe from lead using Lead Safety Tips from the Maine CDC.
What You Need to Know
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Testing Your Child for Lead
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How to Clean up Lead Dust
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Sources of Lead
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Testing my Home for Lead
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Keep Your Child Away From Lead
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Looking for Lead Hazards
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Get Smart About Lead Paint
Hire RRP-Certified Contractors
Don't Spread Lead
Take Advantage of Unit Turnover
Don't Take Lead Home from Your Job
Lead Paint Safety Guide
Hardware Store Poster and Brochure
- English (PDF) Hardware Store Brochure (PDF)
- Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home English
- Renovate Right English
Reports and Publications
- Pediatric Blood Lead Testing Guidelines and Recommended Confirmation and Follow-up Schedule for Pediatric Blood Lead Levels 3.5 ug/dL or Higher (October 2022) (PDF)
- Findings of a Statewide Environmental Lead Inspection Program Targeting Homes of Children with Blood Lead Levels as Low as 5 ug/dL
Reports to the Maine Legislature: 2018 (PDF), 2015 (PDF), 2013 (PDF)
Laws and Regulations
- State law establishing Lead Poisoning Prevention Fund
- State law establishing Lead Poisoning Prevention Fee
- Lead Poisoning Prevention Fee Rules (PDF)
- Background Document for Rule (PDF)
- Lead Poisoning Prevention Fee Remittance Form and Payment Options (PDF)
- Table 2, 2004 U.S. Census Bureau Report on Paint and Allied Products (PDF)
- Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
- Lead Poisoning Control Act
- DHHS Rules for environmental lead investigations (Word)
- Lead Abatement Law
- EPA's Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rules
- The Real Estate Notification and Disclosure Rule
- 30-day notice required prior to renovations Maine Law 14 6030-B. ENVIRONMENTAL LEAD HAZARDS
- DEP Lead Management Regulations (Word)
- DEP Rules and statutes (including links to RRP)