KEEPING CHILDREN LEAD-SAFE IN VANDERBURGH COUNTY
Should your child be tested for Lead?
If you answer YES to ANY of the following AT RISK questions your child is more likely to have an elevated blood lead level.
1. Does your child live in or regularly visit a house or child care center built before 1978?
2. Does your child have a sibling or playmate who has an elevated blood lead level?
3. Does your child frequently come in contact with a person who works in an industry using lead, such as a battery factory, smelter or a radiator shop?
4. Does your child frequently come in contact with a person who has a hobby that uses lead, such as stained glass, fishing or reloading ammunition?
5. Is your child a recent immigrant from a country where the use of lead in consumer products is not restricted?
6. Is your child a member of a minority group?
7. Is your child enrolled in Hoosier Healthwise (Medicaid)?
8. Do you give your child traditional remedies that may contain lead, such as Arzacon or Greta?
9. Have you exposed your child to traditional cosmetics that may contain lead such as kohl?
Ask your pediatrician to have your child tested or call the Vanderburgh County Health Department to schedule a free blood lead test. To schedule an appointment at the Health Department or for more information, Call 812-435-2400 or click here to schedule a lead test for you child.
