Lead Poisoning

Other Places To Get Help

Online Resources

CanOSH
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
Web Address:	www.canoshweb.org
CanOSH is a Web site maintained by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) to provide convenient and efficient access to health and safety information provided by federal, provincial, and territorial agencies responsible for occupational health and safety; by Worker's Compensation Boards; and by CCOHS.
Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch (HECSB)
Health Canada
Web Address:	www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/branch-dirgen/hecs-dgsesc/index_e.html
The Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch (HECSB) works to maintain and improve Canadians' health by promoting healthy and safe living, working, and recreational environments and by reducing the harm caused by tobacco, alcohol, controlled substances, environmental contaminants, and unsafe consumer and industrial products.
It's Your Health: Environment (Canada)
Health Canada
Web Address:	www.hc-sc.gc.ca/iyh-vsv/environ/index_e.html
This Web page provides direct access to Health Canada's public information fact sheets on noise, toxic and hazardous substances, and other environmental health issues, as well as background papers on the health protection provisions of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA).

Organizations

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
135 Hunter Street East
Hamilton, ON  L8N 1M5
Phone:	1-800-263-8466 (905) 572-4400
Fax:	(905) 572-4500
Web Address:	www.ccohs.ca
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) promotes a safe and healthy working environment by providing information and advice about occupational health and safety.
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4770 Buford Highway, NE
Atlanta, GA  30341
Phone:	(770) 488-7100 for emergencies 1-800-232-4636 (1-800-CDC-INFO)
TDD:	1-888-232-6348
E-mail:	cdcinfo@cdc.gov
Web Address:	http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/lead.htm
Information on childhood lead poisoning is available on the Web site or by calling the toll-free telephone number.
National Lead Information Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
422 South Clinton Avenue
Rochester, NY  14620
Phone:	1-800-424-LEAD (1-800-424-5323)
Fax:	(585) 232-3111
Web Address:	www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/nlic.htm
The National Lead Information Center (NLIC) provides professionals and the general public with information about lead hazards and their prevention.

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Author:	Douglas Dana Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC	Last Updated: September 26, 2006
Medical Review:	Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics Tom Bailey, MD - Family Medicine R. Steven Tharratt, MD, MPVM, FACP, FCCP - Pulmonology, Critical Care, Medical Toxicology
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