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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
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Lead
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more!Looking for Organizations that are involved in the issue of
Lead
Poisoning? Click on the following organizations to learn more!- Alliance for Healthy Homes
- Alternatives for Community &
Environment
- American Academy of
Pediatrics,
Committee on Environmental Health
- American Federation of
Teachers
- American Public Health
Association
- Benton Foundation,
KidsCampaigns
- California Air Resources
Board
- Centers For Disease Control
and
Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health
- Children's Defense
Fund
- Colorado Department of Public
Health
and Environment
- Concerned Citizens of South
Central Los Angeles
- Connecticut Department of
Public
Health
- Environmental and
Occupational
Health Sciences Institute
- Environmental Defense
Fund
- Environmental Health
Coalition
- Environmental Health
Education
Center
- Environmental Health
Foundation
- Environmental Justice
Resource
Center
- Healthy Mothers, Healthy
Babies
- 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
- Mothers and Others for a
Livable
Planet
- Mount Sinai Center for
Children's
Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research
- National Association of
City and
County Health Officials
- National Center for
Lead-Safe
Housing
- National Institute for
Occupational
Safety and Health
- National Institute of
Environmental
Health Sciences
- National PTA
- National Safety Council,
Environmental Health Center
- New Jersey Department of
Health
and Senior Services
- New York Department of
Health,
Center for Environmental Health
- 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
- Sixteenth Street Community
Health
Center
- 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 Department of Housing
and Urban
Development, Office of Lead Hazard Control
- US Environmental Protection
Agency,
Office of Children's Health Protection
- US-Mexico Border Health
Association
- West Harlem Environmental
Action,
Inc.
- Wisconsin Council on Children
and
Families
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