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The Lead Education and Abatement Design Group
Working to eliminate childhood and foetal lead poisoning
by the year 2012 and to protect the environment from lead
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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 Basic Information, Lead in the NewsRules & RegulationsEducation & OutreachTechnical Studies, Training & Certification,   Other Lead Links, EPA Regions.
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.


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