Lead Poisoning Prevention
Environmental Protection Agency provides information on
all aspects of the federal lead poisoning prevention program.
Included are informational fact sheets and a link to information
on lead and compounds from the Integrated Risk Information
System (IRIS).
www.epa.gov/ebtpages/pollairpolead.html
HUD Office of Health Home and Lead Hazard Control gives
tips for homeowners, regulations on lead levels in paint,
and recent publications on lead poisoning prevention.
www.hud.gov/offices/lead/index.cfm
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program is provided
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and
offers information on blood levels of lead in children in
the US and various fact sheets on lead.
www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/lead.htm
Lead Poisoning Prevention Outreach Program is a project
from the Environmental Health Center, a part of the Nation
Safety Council, and targets minority and underserved populations
and has lead poisoning alerts.
www.nsc.org/ehc/lead.htm
Pesticides and Poisoning
Environmental Protection
Agency has a wide variety of educational
material on protecting your family. Resources for the following
topics are available:
Pesticides: www.epa.gov/pesticides/
Publications on pesticides: www.epa.gov/oppfead1/Publications/catalog
Illegal pesticides: www.epa.gov/region02/health/chalk.htm
Pesticides and food: www.epa.gov/pesticides/food/
Tips to protecting children from environmental risks: yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/tips.htm
National Pesticide Information Center is a partnership of
the Oregon State University and the EPA to provide answers
to any pesticide questions. They provide a toll-free number
service for questions about pesticides and provide objective,
science-based information about a wide variety of pesticide
related subjects.
npic.orst.edu
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