Public Health

Welcome to the Lead Hazard Control Program

Addresses lead exposure risks through inspections, remediation, and education, protecting families from the harmful effects of lead poisoning.

Protect your Family from Lead Hazards – HUD Grant Program

ATTENTION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS!

Looking to bid on lead-based paint hazard remediation jobs? Make a real impact by helping families keep their kids safe from lead poisoning!

Visit our Lead Contractor Page to learn more about becoming eligible to bid on these projects:

Take the next step in protecting our children—call today and be part of the solution!

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EH Role in Addressing Lead Poisoning

The Environmental Health Division works jointly with our Department's Community Health Division including Public Health Nurses and other professionals as part of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) team. Click here to learn more about the CLPPP program.

The Environmental Health Division’s role in addressing lead poisoning:

Conducting environmental investigation at the homes of children who have been identified with lead poisoning.
Analyzing sources of lead poisoning such as paint, dust, and soil.
Educating residents, contractors, government agencies, and the public about lead hazards and how lead hazards can be reduced or eliminated.
Working with homeowners and landlords to ensure that lead hazards are removed from homes where lead poisoned children reside.
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Identify, control, or eliminate lead exposures:

English EPA Website: Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home (English)

Spanish EPA Website: Proteja a su familia del plomo en su hogar (Spanish)

Lead Contractors

The Fresno County Public Health Department, Environmental Health Division, Lead Program provides technical and financial assistance to property owners to reduce the hazards caused by exposure to lead-based paint and lead contaminated soil and dust.

Lead-Safe Housing Registry

The County of Fresno's Lead-Safe Housing Registry is a listing to provide information to the rental community of housing units that have been made safe from lead-based paint hazards.

Lead-Safe Work Practices

Federal law requires that contractors performing renovation, repair, and painting projects that disturbs painted surfaces in homes built before 1978, in childcare facilities and schools built before 1978, or in a home that a child under six years of age visits regularly.

Protect your Family from Lead Hazards – HUD Grant Program

Fresno County Environmental Health has been awarded a HUD grant funding that we can use to fix lead hazards in your home at no cost to you, for those that qualify.

What is Lead Poisoning?

Lead poisoning is caused by the presence of lead in the body. There is no known safe level of lead to have in the body but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified five micrograms per deciliter (3.5 µg/dl) as the level of concern.