European, Asian, and International Agencies

• International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) (accessed: 27 June 2006). "The two main roles of the IPCS are to establish the scientific health and environmental risk assessment basis for safe use of chemicals (normative functions) and to strengthen national capabilities for chemical safety (technical cooperation)."
• Australia - New South Wales (NSW) Environment Protection Authority - Lead, your health and the environment. (accessed: 27 June 2006). This site provides educational material about the sources of lead and strategies for living with lead.

North American Agencies

• U.S. National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Enviro-Health Links, Lead and Environmental Health. (accessed: 27 September 2006).
• California's Proposition 65, Public Health Goals for lead in the water 2 ppb. (accessed: 27 September 2006).
• Health Canada - Lead, Health Canada provides information on the health effects of lead and remediation programs. (accessed: 27 September 2006).
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),  All-Ages Lead Model (AALM) Version 1.05 (External Review Draft) (Accessed: 27 September 2006).
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and HUD, Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home (pdf) (Accessed: 28 September 2006). Multiple-page brochure on your rights and protecting your family from lead.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic Model for Lead in Children (IEUBK) (accessed: 6 October 2004). Site attempts to predict blood-lead concentrations (PbBs) for children exposed to lead in their environment - interactive model can be downloaded.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics - Lead Program. (accessed: 4 April 2003). Site has information on lead health effects and lead abatement.
• U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Topic: Lead. (accessed: 17 October 2004). Site has information on health effects of lead.
• U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. (accessed: 17 October 2004). Site has information on CDC lead program.
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control. (accessed: 4 April 2003). Site contains information on lead in English and Spanish.
• U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline - Phone: 1-800-426-4791
• U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (accessed: 4 April 2003). This site addresses workplace lead exposure.
• National Safety Council,  Lead Poisoning - happens more than you think. accessed: 12 September 2004). Mission - To educate and influence society to adopt safety, health and environmental policies, practices and procedures that prevent and mitigate human suffering and economic losses arising from preventable causes.
• U.S. Agency for Toxic Substance Disease Registry (ATSDR). (accessed: 4 April 2003). Toxicology Profile Series - Lead - ToxFAQs (fact sheet). 
• Washington State Lead Chemical Action Plan. September 2009.

Non-Government Organizations

• History of Lead Advertising. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. (accessed: 16 April 2005). A look at lead paint advertising in 1900-1955, when the lead industry sought to counter negative publicity by developing a campaign to "Cater to the Children."
• Clean Water Lead Testing Inc. (CWLTI) is non-profit, nationally certified testing service for lead, copper, and arsenic in drinking water (National Environmental Laboratory. Accreditation Conference) offered by the Environmental Quality Institute at the University of North Carolina. (accessed: 31 October 2004).
• The Environmental Quality Institute (EQI). Conducts research on water contamination issues through the University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNCA). (accessed: 31 October 2004).
  EQI has a significant program on water testing and lead exposure prevention.
• "Playing with Poison. Lead Poisoning Hazards of Children's Product Recalls 1990 - 2004" A report by Kids in Danger (Chicago based non-profit) - (pdf file) - primarily focuses on product safety for children.
• The National Lead Information Center - Phone: 1-800-424-LEAD (424-5323)
• Alliance for Healthy Homes. Protecting Children from Lead and Other Environmental Health Hazards. (accessed: 25 October 2004).
• Washington Swan Working Group. An Affiliate of The Trumpeter Swan Society -Lead Poisoning. (accessed: 24 April 2003). Site has information on the lead poisoning of swans.
• The Ecology Center: Lead-Free Wheel Weights campaign
  

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