The Health Code requires stores to provide educational materials and warnings about the risk of lead exposure.

<a href="https://www.sf.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/Hareware%20Store%20Posting%20Code%20Requirements.pdf">Section 1610.1 of the San Francisco Health Code</a> provides the details of the requirements.

Health code requirements

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) booklet, Renovate Right, should be available to customers.  Retail store operators may obtain copies from the <a href="https://www.epa.gov/lead/renovate-right-important-lead-hazard-information-families-child-care-providers-and-schools">EPA</a> or by calling the Children's Environmental Health Promotion Program of the Department of Public Health at 415-252-3800.

Educational Material

Retail store operators may <a href="https://www.sf.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/Hardware%20Stores%20Poster.pdf">print their own copy of the posters</a>, or they may call the Children's Environmental Health Promotion Program of the Department of Public Health at 415-252-3800 for them.

Warning Poster

Environmental Health

Department of Public Health