Preventative Strategies of The LEAD Group:

fact sheet created 11 October 2006     

Legislation and policy development

Treatment

Education

Grass roots community actions

The LEAD Group has:

• Contributed to primary prevention through reduced use of lead in Australian petrol. Leaded petrol was phased-out by January 2002.
• Successfully lobbied the NHMRC for a change in the Australian blood lead "standard" to
  <10 µg/dL in 1993.
• Consulted with the NHMRC in workshops to design a national strategy on lead abatement ("Reducing Lead Exposure in Australia", July 1993). 
• Contributed to an OECD lead monograph and the development of an OECD Lead Control Act and OECD Ministerial Agreement on lead risk reduction in 1996.
• At meetings of the Commission on Sustainable Development at the UN in New York in 1994 & 1995 successfully lobbied delegates for an international agreement on the phase-out of lead in petrol and other consumer products. 
• Submitted a report to NICNAS to help the ban of lead in surface coating and inks as wells as cosmetics soon.

§   We are looking for people to write tertiary prevention fact sheets on emerging detox treatments for lead and individual responses to lead

§   Our egroups provide a mode of interaction for people to discuss certain aspects of lead poisoning

Some of the groups are:

§   Leaded Kids – discuss lead poisoning in children.

§   Autism and Lead Poisoning – discuss the potential correlation between lead poisoning and autism.

§   Lead Workers – provides information for people who are exposed to high lead levels in occupational settings.

§   Lead Poisoned Adults – discuss the danger of lead poisoning in adults.

§   Run GLASS (Global Lead Advice and Support Service)

§   Our website acts as a tool for campaigning to increase the awareness of the adverse effect of lead poisoning and strategies for primary and secondary prevention

§  Our website has had ⅓ of a million visitors from 176 countries

§  We have disseminated nearly ¾ of a million copies of lead fact sheets and other articles directly to susceptible individuals via our information services, talks & expos

§   We lobbied for education programs & certifying for lead paint removalists and ceiling dust removalists.

§   We are currently involved in educating medical professionals as to lead’s role in leading causes of death in Australia

The LEAD Group has:

§   Lobbied for blood lead testing of 1-4 year-old in Summer Hill

§   set up a technical advisory board of Australia’s most qualified lead poisoning prevention specialists

§   provided information on lead for politicians directly and indirectly through enquirers

§   grown the world’s largest publicly accessible library on lead

§   generated 380 media hits (TV, radio, newspaper, magazine, community fact sheets, web-published submissions to government) to raise awareness of lead poisoning

1. About the Global Lead Advice and Support Service (GLASS)
2. Main Sources of Lead
3. How Would You Know If You or Your Child Was lead poisoned?
4. Lead aware housekeeping
5. Ceiling dust & lead poisoning
6. Is your yard lead safe?
    你的院子是铅安全的吗
7. Health Impacts of lead poisoning
8. Rotary Questionnaire
9. Lead poisoned Pets and Your Family
10. Childhood Lead Poisoning Risk Factor Questionnaire
11. Is Your Child Safe From Lead? - What Can You Do About Lead? pdf
12. Lead in Drinking Water in Australia
13. Have We Really Resolved The Lead Issue?
14. The Importance of the Availability of "Spot Tests" for Lead in Paint
15. Pregnant or Planning a Pregnancy
16. Breastfeeding and Lead
17. Lead in breast milk
18. Beware The Lead In Lead Lighting
19. Renting and Lead
20. What to do if you have too much lead in your tank water.pdf
21. Lead Contamination in Stormwater.pdf
22. Contamination At Shooting Ranges.pdf
23. Banned: Leaded Wick Candles
24. Lead, Ageing and Death
      铅，衰老和死亡
25. Metal miniatures: How to minimise the risks of lead poisoning and contamination
26. 7 Point Plan for the MANAGEMENT OF LEAD by Australian parents and carers
27. Countries where Leaded Petrol is Possibly Still Sold for Road Use, As at 22^nd June 2009
28. Lead Poisoning And The Brain - Cognitive Deficits And Mental Illness
29. Facts and Firsts of Lead
30. Lead mining royalties by state and territory
31. Lead Mining Stewardship - Grey Lead and the Role of The LEAD Group
32. Preventative Strategies of The LEAD Group
33. What do Doctors need to do about Lead?
34. A Naturopath's Experience Of Lead & People With Diagnosed Mental Illness
35. Case File: Helping Manage Australian Lead in Petrol - How GLASS Works
36. Glass Web & Service-Users, Experts & Volunteers, by Country; Countries with Leaded Petrol for Road Use & Worst Pollution
37. Lead in ceiling dust
38. Lead paint & ceiling dust management - how to do it lead-safely
39. Esperance parliamentary inquiry follow-up factsheet: Where to from Here??
      埃斯佩兰斯议会调查后续情况说明书：从这里去哪里？？
40. Broken Hill lead miners factsheet 1893 with Note 20081015
41. Helping a Doctor Help 35,000 Lead-Poisoned People Around the Lead Smelter at La Oroya in Peru
      Ayuda a un doctor que ayuda 35,000 personas envenenadas por plomo alrededor de la fundidora de plomo en la Oroya-Peru
      案例档案：帮助一个医生救助在秘鲁的拉奥罗亚的铅冶炼厂周围的35，000铅中毒的人民—全球铅咨询和支持的服务机构是怎末工作的
42. Fact sheet for Australian toy importers and traders
43. Iron Nutrition & Lead Toxicity pdf
      Informe de Acciones – Hierro y Plomo en la Nutrición pdf
     情况说明书—铁的营养和铅的毒性 pdf
44. Sanitarium-Are You getting Enough Iron pdf
45. Do-It-Yourself-Lead-Safe-Test-Kits-flyer
46. Blood lead testing: who to test, when, and how to respond to the result
47. Dangers of a blood lead level above 2 µg/dL and below 10 µg/dL to both adults and children pdf
48. Lead Exposure & Alzheimer’s Disease: Is There A Link?  
49. In CHINA - Blood lead testing: who to test, when, and how to respond to the result
      在中国血铅测试：谁应该去检查，什么时候，如何对待不同的测试结果
50. Why you should have your ceiling dust removed before you take advantage of the Australian government's Energy Efficient Homes Package: Insulation Program
51. Alperstein et al Lead Alert - A Guide For Health Professionals 1994 pdf
52. Ceiling Dust WorkCover Guide Lee Schreiber Final Nov 1999 pdf
53. What can I do about climate change AND lead?
54. The Need for Expert Clinical Assessments in Diagnosis Of Heavy Metal Poisoning