The Cincinnati Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (Cincinnati CLPPP) provides testing of household chipping paint for lead. To take advantage of this service, please do the following:
- Collect several large nickel to quarter-sized (or larger) chips in a plastic ziploc bag.Use a different bag for each location from which you are collecting the paint chips.
- Label each bag with your name, phone number and the location from which the paint chips were taken.
- Bring the chips to the CLPPP office at 3101 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229.
- Leave the paint chips with the front receptionist and a CLPPP staff member will contact you with the results of the paint chip testing. Please allow 1-2 business days for test results.