Lead - Useful Information - Governments

Lead - Useful Information - Governments

Australia: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

• lead: basic information on lead as well as specific information on lead paint
• lead page
• lead in house paint
• lead in marine paints
• lead and the environment
• lead in auto paints
• lead and your health

Canada: Health Canada

• lead-based paint (English)
• peinture à base de plomb (French)

Mexico

• Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (Search: plomo en pinturas - lead paint)
• Secretaría de Salud
• Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios (Search: plomo en pinturas - lead paint)

United Kingdom: Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

• Advise on lead paint
• Lead Poisoning – paint & putty
• Directgov – lead paint removal

U.S.A.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• lead – basic information on lead as well as specific information on lead paint (English)
• lead – basic information on lead as well as specific information on lead paint (Spanish)
• Childhood lead poisoning
• Preventing lead poisoning in young children. 
• Managing elevated blood lead levels among young children: recommendations from the advisory committee on childhood lead poisoning prevention. Atlanta. 2002

US Consumer Product Safety Commission

• CPSC Document What You Should Know About Lead Based Paint in Your Home: Safety Alert

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• About Lead-Based Paint
• "Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home" - brochure available in:
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Russian
  • Vietnamese
  • Somali
  • Arabic
• Guidelines for the evaluation and control of lead-based paint hazards in housing.  Washington, DC: US Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Video – Healthy Homes for Healthy Kids - video available in:
  • English
  • Spanish

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

• lead in the workplace – basic information on lead as well as specific information on lead paint
• PROTECTING WORKERS EXPOSED TO LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS. A Report to Congress. DHHS (NIOSH) PUBLICATION NO. 98-112, January 1997
• Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES)

National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health

• SIS Specialized Information Services

New York Department of Health and Hygiene

• Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

New York State Department of Health

• True/False Questions on Lead

U.S. Department of the Interior, National Parks Service

• Technical Preservation Service, 37 Preservation Briefs: Appropriate Methods for Reducing Lead-Paint Hazards in Historic Housing

USEPA

• lead – basic information on lead as well as specific information on lead paint (English)
• lead – basic information on lead as well as specific information on lead paint (Spanish)
• SW846: Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods. Method 6200: Field Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry for the Determination of Elemental Concentrations in Soil and Sediment. 2007

California Department of Public Health’s Occupational Health Branch (OHB)

• Lead Poisoning and Prevention
• Workplace Hazard Alert:  New Health Dangers from Lead
• Alerta – Peligro del Trabajo: Nuevos Peligros del Plomo
• Medical Guidelines for the Lead-Exposed Worker
• Indecent Exposure: Lead Puts Workers and Families at Risk, Health Research for Action, UCB - Perspectives
• Lead’s Revenge! ¡La Venganza del Plomo!