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You may need additional information on how to protect yourself while remodeling or renovating. For more information:

• Call your State lead-poisoning prevention contact and your State Department of Environmental Protection to find out what assistance is available.

• Call your local building code officials to find out what regulations apply to the renovation and remodeling work that you are planning.

• Call your local health department to find out what other information is available about lead hazards and what assistance is available to you.

• Call the National Lead Information Center at (800)424-LEAD to get a list of laboratories that can analyze paint and dust samples for lead, and to obtain other important lead hazard information, such as the pamphlets Lead Poisoning and Your Children and Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home. In the future, renovation and remodeling contractors may be required to provide a copy of this pamphlet to homeowners and occupants before they begin work.

• Call the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Lead Hazard Control at (888) LEADLIST to obtain a list of trained inspectors.

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• Call the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Job Safety and Health at (202) 219-8151 to get information on respirators and protective clothing.

• Call the National Conference of State Legislatures at (303) 830-2200 to get information about the current State regulations for disposing of lead waste in your area.

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