Government
Links
National
Occupational Health and Safety Commission Australian
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission. Control of
Inorganic Lead at Work
Environment
Australia Links to lead information
and fact sheets
The
Six Step Guide To Painting Your Home PDF File
© Commonwealth of Australia 1999 - Requires Adobe Acrobat
reader.
EPA NSW
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is the leading NSW
public sector organisation responsible for environment
protection.
Lead
Reference Centre - Leadsafe Publications Site developed by
the Lead Reference Centre to support and supplement NSW
education and training efforts including the NSW ‘Living
Safely with Lead’ campaign
WorkCover NSW
WorkCover NSW manages the State's workplace safety, injury
management, and workers compensation systems
Victorian
Workcover Authority The Victorian WorkCover Authority is the
manager of Victoria's workplace safety system.
EPA Victoria The
Environment Protection Authority is a statutory body established
under an Act of the Victorian Parliament in response to
community concern about pollution.
Queensland Dept of
Industrial Relations Includes links to WorkCover and
Workplace Health and Safety
Environment
Protection Authority (EPA) South Australia, South
Australia's primary environmental regulator, responsible for the
protection of air and water quality, and control of pollution,
waste, noise and radiation. The SA EPA administers the Environment
Protection Act and Radiation Protection and Control Act. SA
EPA also monitors air lead levels in Port Pirie, the town of the
world's largest lead smelter and also monitored air lead levels
in the state capital city Adelaide up until June 2003.
The Dept of Human
Services (DHS) South Australia is responsible for the
policy administration and operation of public health, hospitals,
family and community services, disability services, ageing and
housing.
Inquiry
Into The Cause And Extent Of Lead Pollution In The Esperance Area by The
Education And Health Standing Committee, Legislative Assembly, Parliament of Western Australia, 6th
September 2007.
Report on Lead Isotopic Analyses of Samples
Associated with the Esperance Lead Investigation. Report prepared for
Western Australia Department of Health by Access Macquarie Limited Professor
Brian Gulson & Michael Korsch, CSIRO Division of Petroleum Resources.
Heritage
Grant Programs and Funding The Cultural
Heritage Projects Program (CHPP) administered by Environment
Australia is a program funded for six years from 1 July 1999. It
is expected that the third round of the program will be
advertised and applications called for in late 2001.
NSW Heritage Office
Provides specialist advice to the Minister for Urban Affairs and
Planning, the Heritage Council and the wider community about the
management of heritage across the State of New South Wales
Office of
Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control In 1991, the Office of
Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control was established by HUD in
order to bring together health and housing professionals in a
concerted effort to eliminate lead-based paint hazards in
America's privately-owned and low-income housing. The OHHLC is
unique among federal agencies dealing with lead-hazards, as the
Office is staffed to bring lead health science to bear directly
upon America's housing.
United
States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lead in
Paint, Dust, and Soil includes , , , , , , , .
Agency
For Toxic Substances And Disease Registry (ATSDR) ToxFAQsTM
for Lead
Case
Studies in Environmental Medicine: Lead Toxicity (ATSDR)
Impact
Of Lead Contaminated Soil On Public Health (ATSDR) ATSDR's
functions include public health assessments of waste sites,
health consultations concerning specific hazardous substances,
health surveillance and registries, response to emergency
releases of hazardous substances, applied research in support of
public health assessments, information development and
dissemination, and education and training concerning hazardous
substances
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Managing
Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Young Children: Recommendations
from the Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning
Prevention March 2002 download htm or pdf files,
or to obtain a printed copy, call (toll-free USA) 1-888-232-6789
Centers
for Disease Control CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Program
CDC
Recommends Official guidelines and recommendations published
by CDC, by topic,
title, and date; directory of state and territorial public
health directors.
lead
hazard recalls The Centers for Disease
Control have put all the products recalled in the US for
lead hazards since 2004 on one page (approximately 80
different products) and also lists the products
by categories (toys, crafts, clothing, office equipment etc.).
See
CDC
NIOSH Lead (Occupational Exposure)
MMWR The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. A CDC weekly
scientific publication containing data and reports on specific
health and safety topics.
South
Carolina Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (SC
CLPPP) Link to the South Carolina
department of Health and Environmental Control site.
Montgomery
County Maryland Montgomery County MD. Lead Poisoning Program
City/County
of San Francisco The San Francisco Department of Public
Health's Childhood Environmental Prevention Program is dedicated
to eradicating lead hazards in an effort to eliminate childhood
lead poisoning
California Childhood
Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch (CLPPB) a children's
environmental health program offering multi-layered solutions to
this complex problem.
California
Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP) The
Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP) of the
Occupational Health Branch provides information and services
designed to prevent and control lead poisoning in California
workplaces. Our activities are directed towards workers, unions,
employers, industry groups, health professionals and the general
public.
Paint
Film Components.pdf National Environmental Health Forum
Monographs General Series No. 2 - by Mike van Alphen. Copyright
© 1998 Copyright in this publication is assigned to the
Department of Human Services on the basis of an agreement with
Mike van Alphen. Requires Adobe®
Acrobat® Reader®
NSW
Council Websites Links to New South Wales Local Government
Websites
Other
Australian states & Northern Territory council websites Links to other Australian states and Northern
Territory Local Government Websites
MEDLINEplus
with numerous links on lead poisoning and information on over
500 diseases and conditions from the world's
largest medical library, the National
Library of Medicine. Health professionals and consumers
alike can depend on it for information that is authoritative and
up to date.
Canadian
Wildlife Service Environment Canada Where
to find lead-free alternatives - Manufacturers of lead-free
fishing tackle contains a
list of suppliers of lead free tackle in Canada, USA, UK &
Sweden. There are a wide variety of non-toxic alternatives to
lead fishing sinkers and jigs, including bismuth, clay, steel,
tin, glass, tungsten beads and putty. Ask your local fishing
supply retailer to stock these lead-free alternatives.
The Oregon Lead Poisoning
Prevention Program has a list of products that have been
recalled by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
because of lead hazards. They post the items on the list as soon
as they receive the alert from CPSC. The list including
photos of every item in the recalls.
Australian
consumer products recalled due to lead hazards can be located
with difficulty at http://www.recalls.gov.au
(there are no photos) and see http://www.lead.org.au/lanv7n4/L74-1.html where
we are putting the Australian recalls for lead
together on one page.
Back
to Top
|
