For more information on lead paint hazards and mitigation, see:

• The National Lead Information Center of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA);
  
  
• The Consumer Product Safety Commission’s What You Should Know About Lead Based Paint in Your Home: Safety Alert and CPSC Warns About Hazards of "Do lt Yourself" Removal of Lead Based Paint: Safety Alert;
  
  
• AskTheBuilder.com’s Lead Paint Problems; and
  
  
• The Technical Preservation Service’s (TPS’) Preservation Brief 37: Appropriate Methods for Reducing Lead-Paint Hazards in Historic Housing.