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Enviro-Health Links -
Lead and Human Health
Overview
- Lead and Human Health
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Lead and Your Health (PDF, 390 KB)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Lead in Air
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Lead - Tools and Training
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Lead: Topic Home
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Learn about Lead
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Sources of Lead
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Data and Research
- Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance --- United States, 2008--2009
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jul 1;60(25):841-5. - Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Lead Toxicity
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Chemical Sampling Information: Tetramethyl Lead (as Pb)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Interaction Profile for Lead, Manganese, Zinc, and Copper
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - International Chemical Safety Cards - Lead
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Lead Compounds
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Lead: Scientific and Medical Materials
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Lipstick and Lead: Questions and Answers
U.S. Food and Drug Administration - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - Lead
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Technical Factsheet on: LEAD (PDF, 200 KB)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Technical Studies
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Toxicological Profile for Lead
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Specific Aspects
Children
- 10 Tips to Protect Children from Pesticide and Lead Poisonings
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Candy
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Childhood Lead Exposure
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Folk Medicine
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Healthy Homes = Healthy Kids: Heavy Metals (PDF, 318 KB)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Lead-Free Kids
Ad Council, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning - Lead Poisoning Prevention in Newly Arrived Refugee Children: Tool Kit
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Lead in Your Home: A Parent's Reference Guide (PDF, 2 MB)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Program Rules
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - NCEH Kids' Pages: Lead Poisoning
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Policy Statement: Lead Exposure in Children: Prevention, Detection, and Management
Pediatrics 2005 Oct;116(4):1036-46. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Environmental Health - Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home (PDF, 600 KB)
Farm Service Agency, United States Department of Agriculture - Toy Jewelry
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Toy Hazard Recalls
U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Treatment of Lead-Exposed Children
National Institute of Environmental Health Science
Lead in Paint
- About Lead-Based Paint
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Keep it Clean: The Homeowner's Guide to Lead–Safe Painting and Home Improvement Working Together: Community Based Approaches to Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning (PDF, 150 KB)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Lead Paint Safety - A Field Guide for Painting, Home Maintenance, and Renovation Work (1.3 MB)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Occupational Exposure
- Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Exposure Evaluation
Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Lead - Articles on workplace exposure
eLCOSH Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Lead – Safety and Health Topics
Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Lead – Safety Card
International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre - NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Lead
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Schools and Child Care Centers
- 3Ts for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water (PDF, 500 KB)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Healthy School Environment: Lead
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Typical Indoor Air Pollutants: Lead
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Testing for Lead
- Testing Your Home for Lead in Paint, Dust, and Soil (203 KB)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Water
- Drinking Water: EPA Should Strengthen Ongoing Efforts to Ensure That Consumers Are Protected from Lead Contamination (PDF, 1 MB)
United States Government Accountability Office - Lead and Drinking Water from Private Wells
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Lead in Drinking Water
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Wild Birds and Lead Shot or Sinkers
- Chapter 43 - Lead (PDF 3.6 KB)
Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases, National Wildlife Health Center, U.S. Geological Survey - Lead Fishing: Sinkers and Animals
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Lead Poisoning: The Invisible Disease (PDF, 260 KB)
National Wildlife Health Center, U.S. Geological Survey - Lead Sinkers Topic Hub™
Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable - Wildlife Mortality Information - Avian Lead Poisoning - Map of bird deaths due to lead poisoning
U.S. Geological Survey
Law and Policy
- Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA)
Establishes consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children’s products.
February 10, 2009, Consumer Product Safety Commission - Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA)
Consumer Product Safety Commission - Final Revisions to National Air Quality Standards for Lead
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - EPA Activities to Improve Implementation of the Lead and Copper Rule
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - EPA's Efforts to Reduce Lead
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - HUD's “Lead–Safe Housing Rule”
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Rule
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Lead Toxicity - What Are U.S. Standards for Lead Levels?
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Renovation, Repair and Painting
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Blogs, News, Podcasts, and Videos
Blogs
- Greenversations
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - It All Starts with Science
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - It's Our Environment
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Topic-related Searches of National Library of Medicine Resources
PubMed - Biomedical journal literature
TOXLINE - Special journal literature, technical reports and archival collections
Hazardous Substances Data Bank - Toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals
ChemIDplus - Chemical identification and structure database
Haz-Map - Information on hazardous chemicals and occupational diseases
Household Products Database - Health and safety information on household products
TOXMAP - Mapping chemical releases into air, water, and ground
MedlinePlus - Consumer Health Information
NLM Catalog - Access to information about books and other materials in NLM's catalog
- Lead Poisoning
Portals
- Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Lead
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
California Department of Health Services - Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Información en Español
- ¡No lleve el plomo a su casa! (PDF, 43 KB)
California Department of Health Services - Advertencia de peligro - Plomo en la construcción
Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades - Como Daña el Plomo a Mi Niño (PDF, 65 KB)
Texas Department of State Health Services - Intoxicación con plomo
Enciclopedia médica en español - Envenenamiento con plomo
MedlinePlus en español - ¿Existe Plomo en mi Agua Potable? (PDF, 300 KB)
Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos - Hogares Saludables = Niños Saludables, Metales Pesados: Plomo (PDF, 300 KB)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Mantengalo Limpio: Una guia para el dueño de casa para pintar y hacer renovaciones sin riesgo de contaminación con plomo (PDF, 150 KB)
Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos - Mi Niño Tiene un Alto Nivel de Plomo (PDF, 100 KB)
Texas Department of State Health Services - Oficina de Viviendas Saludables y Control de Peligros por Plomo de HUD
Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de EE.UU. - Plomo
Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos - Plomo en su Comida y en Remedios Caseros (PDF, 96 KB)
Texas Department of State Health Services - La toxicidad del plomo
Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades - Proteja a su familia en contra del plomo en su casa (PDF, 665 KB)
Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos - Resumen de Salud Pública Plomo
Agencia para Sustancias Tóxicas y el Registro de Enfermedades
Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades - ToxFAQs™ para Plomo
Agencia para Sustancias Tóxicas y el Registro de Enfermedades
Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades - Tox Town en Español
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