See also: Heavy
Metals
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Lead Poisoning |
Neurotoxicants |
Glossary Terms
Lead
(Pb)
A heavy metal that is hazardous to health if breathed or
swallowed.
Its use in gasoline, paints, and plumbing compounds has been sharply
restricted
or eliminated by federal laws and regulations. (See: heavy metals.)(1)
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Information Sources and
Organizations
Looking for information on Lead? Click on the following
summary
databases to learn more!Looking for articles, reports, or scientific literature on
Lead?
Click on the following bibliographic databases to learn more!Looking for research on Lead? Click on the following
research
databases to learn more!Looking for Internet Sites that provide information on Lead?
Click
on the following lead to learn more!Looking for Organizations that are involved in the issue of
Lead?
Click on the following organizations to learn more!- Alliance for Healthy Homes
- American Academy of
Pediatrics,
Committee on Environmental Health
- American Federation of
Teachers
- American Public Health
Association
- California Air Resources
Board
- Canadian Environmental Law Association
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Canadian Institute of Child Health
- Centers For Disease Control
and
Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health
- Children's Defense
Fund
- Concerned Citizens of South
Central Los Angeles
- Connecticut Department of
Public
Health
- Council of State and
Territorial
Epidemiologists
- Environmental and
Occupational
Health Sciences Institute
- Environmental Defense
Fund
- Environmental Health
Foundation
- Environmental Justice
Resource
Center
- Environmental Working
Group
- Healthy Mothers, Healthy
Babies
- Indiana State Department of
Health
- Kentucky Department for
Public
Health
- Lead Environmental Awareness and
Detection
- Legal Aid Society of
Dayton
- Michigan Department of
Community
Health, Bureau of Child and Family Services, Division of Family and
Community
Health
- Montefiore Medical Center Lead
Poisoning Prevention Program
- National Center for
Lead-Safe
Housing
- National Coalition of
Hispanic
Health and Human Services Organizations
- National Institute for
Occupational
Safety and Health
- National Institute of
Environmental
Health Sciences
- National Safety Council,
Environmental Health Center
- Natural Resources Defense
Council,
Children's Environmental Health Initiative
- New Jersey Department of
Health
and Senior Services
- New York City Coalition to End Lead Poisoning
- New York Department of
Health,
Center for Environmental Health
- New York Healthy Schools
Network
- North Carolina Department
of
Environment, Health and Natural Resources, Children's Environmental
Health
Branch
- Ohio Department of Health,
Childhood
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
- Oklahoma State Department of
Health,
Childhood Lead Poisoning Program
- Pennsylvania Department of
Health,
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
- Physicians for Social
Responsibility
- Texas Department of
Health
- University of Cincinnati,
Department
of Environmental Health
- US Consumer Product Safety
Commission
- US Department of Health and
Human
Services, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health
- US Environmental Protection
Agency,
Office of Children's Health Protection
- West Harlem Environmental
Action,
Inc.
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