This document was compiled by the library staff at the Delaware Academy of Medicine. It is a guide to assist you in researching personal health information, and is not exhaustive. The library staff does not attempt to interpret health information or provide medical advice. Please contact your health care provider for advice specific to your situation.

Online Resources:

Alliance for Healthy Homes (formerly Alliance To End Childhood Lead Poisoning)

Protecting Children from Lead and Other Environmental Health Hazards
227 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20002
Voice: 202-543-1147
Fax: 202-543-4446
Email: afhh@afhh.org
Website: http://www.afhh.org/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333
Voice: 404-639-3534; 800-311-3435
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/lead.htm

Central Delaware Training Academy, Inc.

Offering Lead Courses to Contractors and Property Managers
559 Otis Drive, Dover DE 19901
Voice: 302-677-1534
Fax: 302-677-1543
Website: http://www.cdta.com

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention

Short but excellent overview of issues pertaining to Childhood Lead Poisoning, including sources of lead
http://thearc.org/faqs/leadqa.html

Children's Environmental Health Network (CEHN)

Works to protect the fetus and child from environmental health hazards and to promote a Healthy environment

110 Maryland Avenue NE, Suite 511
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 543-4033
Fax: (202) 543-8797
Website: http://www.cehn.org/

Coalition To End Childhood Lead Poisoning

Question and Answer
2714 Hudson Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Voice: 410-534-6447
Fax: 410-534-6475
Website: http://www.leadsafe.org/index.htm

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Office of Information and Public Affairs

Mailing Address : U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Washington, D.C. 20207-0001
Street Address : 4330 East-West Highway
Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4408
Voice: 301-504-6816
Fax: 301-504-0124 or 301-504-0025
E-mail: info@cpsc.gov
Website: http://www.cpsc.gov/

Delaware Health and Social Services (DHSS)

Office of Lead Poisoning Prevention

1901 N. Du Pont Highway, Main Bldg.
New Castle, DE 19720
Voice: 302-255-9040 or 302-744-4700
Fax: 302-255-4429
Email: dhssinfo@state.de.us
Website: http://www.state.de.us/dhss/dph/hsp/olpprealestate.htm

Environmental Research Program in North Carolina

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Website: http://checc.sph.unc.edu/rooms/library/lead/

Global Lead Network

Alliance To End Childhood Lead Poisoning
227 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20002
Voice: 202-543-1147
Fax: 202-543-4466
Website: http://www.globalleadnet.org

Health/Prevention Services, Latin American Community Center (LACC)

A bilingual lead paint awareness outreach program
403 North Van Buren Street
Wilmington, DE 19805
Voice: 302-655-7338
Fax: 302-655-7334
Website: http://www.delawarehelpline.org/helpline/controller

Lead Poisoning Prevention

Provides education to families and communities on preventing lead poisoning
Jessie Cooper Building, P.O. Box 637
Dover, DE 19903
Voice: 302-739-4731
Fax: 302-739-3839
Website: http://www.delawarehelpline.org/helpline/controller
Search for a specific topic: Lead Poisoning

National Center for Lead-Safe Housing (formerly National Center for Healthy Housing)

10227 Wincopin Circle, Suite 100
Columbia, MD 21044
Voice: 401-992-0712
Fax: 410-715-2310
Website: http://www.centerforhealthyhousing.org/

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Lead and Your Health
P.O. Box 12233
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
111 Alexander Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Voice: 919-541-3345
Website: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/lyh/lyh.htm
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/faq/alpha-l.htm#lead

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Kids' Pages

Websites: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lead.htm
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/leadhouse.htm
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/leadbusters/home.htm

National Lead Service Providers Listing System

Nationwide service that provides information to the public on organizations and/or individuals who provide lead services

1815 Fort Myer Drive, Suite 908
Arlington, VA 22209-1817
Voice: 703-312-7837
Fax: 703-243-4094
Website: http:// www.leadlisting.org/

National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health

Medline Plus Health Information
Website: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/leadpoisoning.html

Office of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer

Consumer Tips for Childhood Lead Poisoning
The State Capitol
Albany, New York 12224
Voice: 1-800-771-7755
Website: http://www.oag.state.ny.us/consumer/tips/lead_poison.html

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
451 7th Street S.W.,
Washington, DC 20410
Voice: 202-708-1112
Website: http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/index.cfm

U.S. Department of Labor

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20210
Voice: 1-800-321-OSHA (6742)
Website: http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/lead/index.html

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Protect Your Child from Lead Poisoning
Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20460
Voice: 202-272-0167

Website: http://www.epa.gov/lead/