Helpful Lead Resources
The following links may be helpful in helping you protect your family.
A Back to School Warning: Children's Vinyl Lunch Boxes Can Contain Dangerous Levels of Lead
California Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/childlead
National Safety Council, http://www.nsc.org/ (202) 293-2270
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
(888) 422-8737
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov
(800) 424-LEAD (5323)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov/
(202) 708-1112
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov/
(800) 638-2772
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
http://www.suttermedicalcenter.org
(916) 454-2222
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital: History of Lead Advertising
Healthy Children’s Organizing Project (HCOP)
http://www.consumer-action.org
(415) 777-9648
American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/
(847) 434-4000
Michigan Department of Community Health: Coping with Your Child’s Diagnosis of Lead Poisoning
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CopingWithYourChildsDiagnosis_86203_7.pdf
National Center for Healthly Housing: The On-Line Guide to HUD's Lead-Based Paint Regulation.
http://www.centerforhealthyhousing.org/1012/
Information on Lead Poisoning
http://www.lead411.org
Buy Lead Testing Kits (Note, no endorsement is implied) http://blogs.consumerreports.org/safety/2007/10/testing-the-lea.html, http://www.leadcheck.com/LeadCheckSwabHU.shtml, http://www.leadinspector.com/infoonlead.html, http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf56946881.tip.html
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