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Childhood Lead Poisoning

Organizations

- Alliance for Healthy Homes

- Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning

- Environmental Protection Agency

- Michigan Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

- Michigan Lead Safe Partnership 

- National Center for Healthy Housing

- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

- Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control (Department of Housing and Urban Development)

This project has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. N01-LM-3513.

General Information

- Childhood Lead Poisoning in Michigan Fact Sheet (compiled by the Michigan Lead Safe Partnership)

- Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

- FAQ - Lead Poisoning (Environmental Protection Agency)

- Lead Poisoning (National Safety Council, Environmental Health Center)

- MEDLINEplus: Lead Poisoning

- Public Health Statement for Lead (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

Last updated: January 20, 2006.
Comments: askmed@wayne.edu
Disclaimer

Guidelines

- Recommendations for blood lead screening of young children enrolled in Medicaid: targeting a group at high risk (MMWR Recomm Rep 2000 Dec 8;49(RR-14):1-13. Excerpted by the National Guideline Clearinghouse)

- Screening for elevated blood lead levels in children (American College of Preventive Medicine Practice Policy Statement)