Environmental Toxins

Heavy Metals

Lead

• Environmental Protection Agency
  • Basic information about Lead in Paint, Dust, and Soil
  • Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP)
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  • Lead Poisoning, NIEHS Kids Page Hot Topics
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • National Center for Environmental Health - Lead
  • National Center for Environmental Health - State and Local Programs
  • National Center for Environmental Health - Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
  • National Center for Environmental Health - Childhood Lead Poisoning Data, Statistics, and Surveillance
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
• Washington State Department of Health
  • Fact Sheet
  • Lead Publications
  • Children and Lead Poisoning
• Public Health - Seattle & King County
  • Lead and its human effects
• Tacoma / Pierce County Health Department
  • Dirt Alert - Lead & Arsenic
• Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
  • Lead Resources
• Lead Poisoning Screening Quiz
  • Basic lead poisoning screening quiz

Cadmium

• Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
  • Cadmium Resources

Arsenic

• Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
  • Arsenic Resources
• National Institute of Health
  • General Information
• Occupational Safety & Health Administration
  • Safety and health topics

Mercury

• Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
  • Mercury Resources
• Environmental Protection Agency
  • Mercury Facts Quick Finder

Other Toxins

General Contaminants

• Environmental Protection Agency
  • EPA Soil contaminants
  • EPA Water contaminants

Other Resources

• Books
  • A small dose of toxicology - by Steven Gilbert
• Websites
  • Toxipedia Connection Science and People - Share your knowledge about toxicology and health

Essco Safety Check Op-ed's

• Heavy Metals found in Consumer Products - Essco (10/07/09)
• Children are potentially being put at risk by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act Essco Safety Check (5/14/09)
• Creating Jobs and Improving People's Lives Essco Safety Check (4/9/09)
• A New Perspective on how to Solve the Toy Safety Dilemma Essco Safety Check (7/15/08)
• Make environment safer for children (Essco) Seattle Post Intelligencer (3/2/08)