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Pesticide exposure and lead poisoning template for migrant clinicians

U.S. EPA, Region 5 developed this newsletter template to help clinicians integrate assessment and prevention into clinical practice.
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Alliance for Healthy Homes

Alliance for Healthy Homes - a public interest organization with excellent resources on lead poisoning and prevention including community tool kits.

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CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program - offers screening, research and surveillance information.

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Lead Poisoning Prevention Outreach Program

National Safety Council's Lead Poisoning Prevention Outreach Program - targets minority and underserved populations. English and Spanish.

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Lead Programs

Lead Programs - information on EPA and other federal lead poisoning prevention programs.

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Environmental Training Modules for Promotoras

Bilingual training modules on Asthma, Lead, Pesticides, Water and Sanitation and Popular Education. Produced by Farmworker Justice as part of their Clean Environment for Healthy Kids. Contributing authors include Amy Liebman, Shelley Davis and Virginia Ruiz.

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Medical Management Guidelines for Lead-Exposed Adults

Guidelines endorsed in May 2007 by the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics.

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Prenatal Patient Handout: Lead (Spanish and English)

One page handout (English and Spanish) to inform pregnant women about lead.

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Be Careful with Water and Lead/Cuidado con el agua y el plomo

Spanish radio novella about water, sanitation, safe hygiene and lead, 1 of 5 novellas in the series Las Historias de Melesio, MCN and Rural Family Development.

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Lead in Mexican Candy

Comprehensive website about lead in candy.  Information in English and Spanish for providers and patients.

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Indecent Exposure: Lead Puts Workers and Families at Risk

Describes the adverse health effects of lead in workers with blood-lead levels of 5-10 ug/dL and recommend changing OSHA’s medical removal trigger of 60 ug/dL. 

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Educational Brochures for Asthma, Lead and Pesticides

Three printable brochures on Asthma, Lead and Pesticides produced by Farmworker Justice. 
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Soil lead (Pb) in residential transects through Lubbock, Texas: a preliminary assessment

Residential lead (Pb) contamination, resulting from decades-long use of leaded gasoline and lead-based paint, is likely to be present in soils in most urban areas. A screening level sampling effort demonstrated that Lubbock, Texas, USA, like other cities of its age and size, has areas of elevated soil Pb.

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Soil lead (Pb) in residential transects through Lubbock, Texas: a preliminary assessment

Residential lead (Pb) contamination, resulting from decades-long use of leaded gasoline and lead-based paint, is likely to be present in soils in most urban areas. A screening level sampling effort demonstrated that Lubbock, Texas, USA, like other cities of its age and size, has areas of elevated soil Pb.

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Mexican-made “lead-free” bean pots contain high levels of toxic metal

Mexican-made “lead-free” bean pots contain high levels of toxic metal.

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Medical Guidelines for Lead-Exposed Adults

Guidelines for health care providers from the Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, a program in the California Department of Public Health that helps employers, workers, and others prevent lead poisoning in workers.

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Recommendations for the Medical Management of Adult Lead Exposure

An expert panel review of the scientific literature on lead and health - Environmental Health Perspective, March 2007

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CDC Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

Approximately 250,000 U.S. children aged 1-5 years have blood lead levels greater than 10 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood, the level at which CDC recommends public health actions be initiated. Lead poisoning can affect nearly every system in the body. Because lead poisoning often occurs with no obvious symptoms, it frequently goes unrecognized. CDC’s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program is committed to the Healthy People goal of eliminating elevated blood lead levels in children by 2010.

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State and Local Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs

To access information on a specific state or local area, click on the map or scroll down and pick the state or local name from the list provided.

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ToxFAQs for lead

A lead fact sheet from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

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EPA Lead Page

Lead is a toxic metal that was used for many years in products found in and around our homes. Lead also can be emitted into the air from motor vehicles and industrial sources, and lead can enter drinking water from plumbing materials. Lead may cause a range of health effects, from behavioral problems and learning disabilities, to seizures and death. Children six years old and under are most at risk.

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NIEHS Lead Page

Lead information from National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

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Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development lead information

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The Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

The Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP) is a program in the California Department of Public Health that helps employers, workers, and others prevent lead poisoning in workers.

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Do You Cook with Traditional Pottery?It May Contain Lead!

Bilingual flyer from the CA Department of Public Health.
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Don’t take lead home from your job

Spanish brochure to help workers prevent taking lead into their homes from the CA Dept. Public Health, Occupational Health Branch - The Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.

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Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention

California Department of Public Health offers numerous bilingual educational materials regarding childhood lead poisoning prevention.

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Recommendations for Blood Lead Screening of Medicaid-Eligible Children Aged 1--5 Years

MMWR August 7, 2009 / 58(RR09);1-11

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Lead and Nzu, Traditional Remedy for Morning Sickness

FDA Alert:  Conusmers, especially pregnant or breastfeeding women, should avoid consuming a product called “Nzu”, taken as a traditional remedy for morning sickness, because of the potential health risks from high levels of lead and arsenic.

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Effort to remove lead from Mexican treats: Candies, chiles, dried grasshoppers can poison children

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Pediatric Lead Expsoure Case Study

An interactive lead case study by Susan Buchanan, MD, Linda Forst, MD, MPH, and Anne Evens, MS.

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Lead Guidelines for Primary Care Providers Caring for Migrant Children

Clinicial guidelines dealing with children and lead exposure.  Special emphasis on working with migrant children. 

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Lead Clinical Guidelines for Migrant Pregnant Women

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Lead Exposure Screening Form for Pregnant Migrant Women

Bilingual form to screen pregnant women for lead exposure.  Developed by MCN.
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Grasshoppers, Dust and Salsa - An Old Toxin in a New Setting: A Fresh Look at Lead Poisoning in Migrant Populations

This hour long webcast features Jennie McLaurin, MD, MPH – a former medical director of a migrant and community health center and a pediatrician with over 20 years of practice serving farmworker and immigrant populations.

 

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Lead Guidelines for Primary Care Providers Caring for Adult Migrant Workers

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Overview of Occupational Lead Poisoning in California

Continuing education course developed by the Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, California Department of Public Health.  Can view it for information or can register for credits.