October 20–26, 2024

In 1999 Senate Resolution 199 established NLPPW. The observance highlights the many ways parents can reduce children’s exposure to lead in their environment and prevent its serious health effects. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and our partners work to heighten awareness of lead poisoning, provide resources, and encourage preventive actions during NLPPW and beyond.

Attend webinars

CDC webinars

Leave lead behind: How to protect your family from exposure

Join CDC Physician Dr. Arthur Chang, MD and Health Communication Specialist Noëlle Kachinsky, MBA on October 23, 2024, from 1:00–2:00 p.m. EDT for a webinar to learn more about how to prevent lead exposure, the health effects of lead exposure, what to do if a child has been exposed to lead, and historical national trends for lead levels. Register for Leave lead behind: How to protect your family from exposure webinar.

Lead-Free Communities Initiative: The Road to Lead Exposure Elimination

Join CDC Public Health Advisor Quanza Brooks-Griffin, MPA on October 24, 2024, from 2:00–3:00 p.m. EDT for a webinar to learn more about the Lead-Free Communities initiative and ways our toolkit can help get your organization involved in reducing lead exposure. Register for Lead-Free Communities Initiative Webinar.

Partner webinars

Know Your Rights! Federal Lead-based Paint Regulations (English with simultaneous Spanish interpretation)

If you lease or own a pre-1978 house, join EPA and HUD on October 21, 2024, from 6–7:30 p.m. EDT for a webinar to learn more about your rights under the lead-based paint disclosure rule and the renovation, repair and painting rules, including how you can report violations of those rules. Register for Know Your Rights! Federal Lead-based Paint Regulations Webinar.

Understanding Lead (English with sign language interpretation)

Join EPA October 22, 2024, from 2–3:00 p.m. EDT for a live webinar about lead, its impacts, and actions that can be taken to reduce potential lead exposures and lead poisoning. Register for Understanding Lead Webinar.

Información sobre el plomo (Understanding Lead in Spanish)

Join EPA Wednesday, October 23, 2024, from 2:00–3:00 p.m. EDT for a live webinar in Spanish about lead, its impacts, and actions that can be taken to reduce potential lead exposures and lead poisoning. Register for Información sobre el plomo seminario web.

Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule awareness

Join EPA Wednesday, Oct. 24 from 1–2 p.m. ET for a live presentation for contractors and local building code and enforcement officials about EPA’s RRP rule, which concerns RRP projects in homes, childcare facilities and preschools built before 1978. Register for Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule awareness webinar.

El impacto del plomo en el aire interior y en la salud de los niños (ofrecido solo en español)

Únase a la EPA y HUD el martes 22 de octubre de 2024, 1:00–2:00 p.m. EDT para un seminario web sobre el impacto del plomo en la calidad del aire interior, los impactos del plomo en los niños y por qué son más vulnerables junto con las fuentes de plomo en el hogar y el exterior. Aprenda a minimizar su riesgo de exposición al plomo. Inscríbase en este El impacto del plomo en el aire interior y en la salud de los niños seminario web.

The impact of lead on indoor air and children’s health (webinar only offered in Spanish)

Join EPA and HUD Tuesday October 22, 2024, from 1:00–2:00 p.m. EDT for a webinar about the impact of lead on indoor air quality, effects of lead on children and why they’re vulnerable along with sources of lead in the home and outdoors. Learn how to minimize your risk of lead exposure. Register for the impact of lead on indoor air and children’s health webinar.

Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2024 information kit

The theme of this year’s National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) is “Bright futures begin lead-free” and sub-themes are:

1. Get the facts
2. Get your child tested
3. Get your home tested

The NLPPW information kit (en Español) aims to help individuals, organizations, and state and local governments to work together to reduce childhood exposure to lead. The Information Kit provides state and local governments and organizations with key materials and resources that are available for distribution to a wide array of audiences. The digital kit Includes:

• Basic lead poisoning information
• Talking points
• Steps to create localized outreach
• Examples of awareness activities
• Digital materials
• Social media
• Other resources

For more information including downloadable/customizable materials such as posters, flyers, images, etc., please visit these partner websites: