Epidemiology & Environmental Surveillance Subcommittee
Delaware Childhood Lead Poisoning Advisory Committee
Updated August 26, 2021
Soil
Land near outdoor structures with deteriorated lead-based paint (e.g., playgrounds, houses and other buildings, power line towers, factories, bridges, water towers, fire hydrants)
Land near roads and highways
Land contaminated by demolition
Land contaminated by stained glass restoration
Storing contamination building components on soil
Automotive tire balance weights
Air
Demolition particulates
Wind-blown soil from contaminated land
Shooting guns using lead ammunition (e.g., at indoor firing ranges)
Lead soldering (vapor in craft activities, and stained-glass work)
Homemade lead bullets and fishing weights
Small aircraft fuel (AV gas) (Includes planes, and small helicopters)
Water
Brass faucets
Chrome-plated faucets
Lead pipes
Leaded plumbing solder
Paint
Playground equipment
Powerline towers
Water towers
Bridges
Fire hydrants
Spray paint (used in crafts, model building, furniture, etc.)
Art paints (e.g., Williamsburg’s Flake White)
Pre-1978 houses and buildings
Older toys
Older furniture
Glassware decoration
Ceramics decoration
Water bottle decoration
Baby bottle decoration
Automobile/Industrial vehicle paint
Leisure Activities
Lead fishing weights (including homemade fishing weights)
Firearms with lead ammunition (including homemade bullets)
Contamination from firing ranges
Lead shot in game animals
Lead contaminated skin, hair, clothing, and shoes from shooting firearms
Pottery glazes and clay substrate
Stained glass (lead solder)
Refinishing furniture
Home improvement
Brass musical instrument mouth pieces (e.g., for trumpets)
Rubber mulch (gardening/playgrounds)
Crumb rubber (athletic fields)
Workplace
Contamination brought home on skin, hair, clothing, and shoes from work (e.g., home renovation, painting, car repair, plumbing, construction, welding and cutting, electronics, municipal waste incineration, lead compounds manufacturing, rubber products manufacturing, battery manufacturing, plastic manufacturing, lead smelting and refining, working in brass or bronze foundries, demolition, and working with scrap medal.
Hearth & Home
Keys
Brass door handle pulls (including with nickel finish)
Garden water hose (leaded plastic and fittings)
Patio umbrella stands
Miniblinds
Old vinyl records
Imported crayons
Imported children’s jewelry and toys (including from vending machines)
Costume jewelry
Imported candles (in the wicks)
Vinyl seat coverings
Older vinyl printed clothing
Kitchen Items (including leaded crystal, pewter, ceramic pottery, older Tupperware, older Pyrex, older Corning Ware, older Corelle, older plastic dishes, imported flatware, decorated drinking glasses from restaurants, imported mugs and cups, water bottles with painted decoration, baby bottles with lead paint decoration, insulated stainless baby bottle with lead soldering, plastic mixer blades, slow cooker with glazed ceramic liners)
Imported items for consumption (candy, spices, food in cans with lead containers or lead soldering, vitamins, folk medicines/herbal remedies, water (e.g., San Pellegrino bottle glass)
Imported plastic beads (used in U.S. manufacturing)
Artificial turf carpeting
Imported cosmetics
Imported nutritional supplements
Leaded ceramic tiles
Old pottery used in art objects
Stained glass (led solder) (also in churches and other public buildings)
Fidget spinners (in brass center wheel)
Fireworks
https://www.epa.gov/lead/learn-about-lead
https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/prevention/sources.htm
https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/lead/
https://tamararubin.com/topics/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lead-in-aviation-fuel/
https://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsId=14754
http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-lead-testing/
https://www.webmd.com/special-reports/lead-dangers/20170906/lead-consumer-products
https://khn.org/news/fidget-spinners-and-lead-expert-advice-on-protecting-your-kids/
https://healthybuilding.net/blog/461-on-tire-wastes-in-playgrounds
https://www.motor1.com/news/76245/see-why-lead-wheel-weights-need-to-go/
https://vhcb.org/our-programs/healthy-lead-safe-homes/lead-poisioning-prevention/lead-in-keys
