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Other Sources of Lead, continued <br />• Lead smelters or other industries that release lead into the air. <br />• Your job. If you work with lead, you could bring it home on your body <br />or clothes. Shower and change clothes before coming home. Launder <br />your work clothes separately from the rest of your family’s clothes. <br />• Hobbies that use lead, such as making pottery or stained glass, <br />or refinishing furniture. Call your local health department for <br />information about hobbies that may use lead. <br />• Old toys and furniture may have been painted with lead-containing <br />paint. Older toys and other children’s products may have parts that <br />contain lead.4 <br />• Food and liquids cooked or stored in lead crystal or lead-glazed <br />pottery or porcelain may contain lead. <br />• Folk remedies, such as “greta” and “azarcon,” used to treat an upset <br />stomach. <br />4 In 1978, the federal government banned toys, other children’s products, and furniture <br />with lead-containing paint. In 2008, the federal government banned lead in most <br />children’s products. The federal government currently bans lead in excess of 100 ppm <br />by weight in most children’s products. <br />14