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Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home (English)

Note: The 2026 version of the Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home pamphlet is available in English and Spanish. This version reflects the new dust-lead action levels (previously referred to as the dust-lead clearance levels) and dust-lead reportable levels (previously referred to as the dust-lead hazard standards) that are effective Jan. 12, 2026. These levels are referenced on pages 6 and 11. Pages 10 and 11 of the January 2026 version will reflect the updated definition of abatement to address lead-based paint hazards, effective on Jan. 13, 2025.  

Protect Your Family pamphlet explaining the dangers of lead in your home and how to protect your family from lead-based paint hazards in homes built before 1978.

EPA will upload a revised 2026 version of Protect Your Family in Arabic, Chinese Simplified and Traditional, French, Korean, Polish Russian, Somali, Tagalog and Vietnamese as soon as they are available.

  • Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home (January 2026) (pdf) (1.34 MB) (Color Pamphlet Layout)
  • Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home (January 2026) (pdf) (1.3 MB) (Color Booklet Layout)
  • Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home Supplement for Versions Older than January 2026 (pdf) (144.14 KB)

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Last updated on February 17, 2026
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