Alabama Information Resources     return to top

• Alabama Department of Public Health
• Bureau of Environmental Services: Division of Community Environmental Protection
  800-819-7644 /334-206-5788
  http://www.adph.org/lead/
  This office handles lead abatement and indoor air quality issues and the Lead Contractors Certification Program
• Salvador Gray
  Lead Certification Program Director
  334-206-5773
  salgray@adph.state.al.us
• Charles Brookins
  Lead Abatement Inspector
  334-206-5373
  charlesbrookins@adph.state.al.us
• Bureau of Family Health Programs: Alabama Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Project
  334-206-2966
  http://www.adph.org/ACLPPP/
  This office has activities that include educational outreach and education, case investigation and case management services..
• Jacquline D. Harris, RN, BSN
  Alabama Department of Public Health
  Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
  Bureau of Family Health Services
  201 Monroe Street, Suite 1350
  Montgomery, AL 36104
  Phone: (334) 206-2966; Fax: (334) 206-2983
  Email: jacqulineharris@adph.state.al.us
• Division of Environmental & Industrial Programs (UA College of Continuing Studies)

General Information     return to top

• Lead Resources Page (National Center for Healthy Housing)
• Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxins Lead Page (Environmental Protection Agency)
• FAQ - Lead Poisoning (Environmental Protection Agency)
• About Lead-based Paint (HUD)
• Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CDC)
• Dangers of Lead Still Linger (Food and Drug Administration)
• Lead (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)
• Lead and Your Health (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Public Health Statement for Lead (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

Children return to top

• Lead in Your Home: A Parent's Reference Guide (Environmental Protection Agency) (pdf format)
• Adventures of the Lead Busters Club (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• Lead Poisoning (in Child Care Settings) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Lead Poisoning Kid's Page (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• Children's Environmental Health Program (Environmental Health Center of the National Safety Council)

Latest News     return to top

• Detecting Lead Using DNA (4/02/2002, National Institute of General Medical Sciences)

Remodeling or Renovating a home with lead-based paint
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• Alabama Certified Lead Contractors (Alabama Department of Public Health)
• Alabama Lead Contractors Certification Program (Alabama Department of Public Health)
• HUD-Sponsored Lead-Safe Work Practices Training (The National Lead Service Providers' Listing System)
• The National Center for Healthy Housing

Tutorials / Interactive Links return to top

• Areas around the Home (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Food and Drinking Water (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• Know Where Lead Might be Hiding (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Surfaces in the Home (Environmental Protection Agency)

Español/Spanish return to top

• Diez Medidas para Proteger a Sus Niños de los Pesticidas y Envenenamiento Debido al Plomo (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs)
• Proteja a su Familia del Plomo en su Casa (pdf format) (Environmental Protection Agency, Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control)
• Aventuras del Club de los Detectives del Plomo (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• Exposición de Niños al Plomo su Cerebro y su Comportamiento (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
• Plomo en el Agua Potable: Lo Que Usted Puede Hacer Para Reducir el Plomo en el Agua Potable (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Reduccion de los Riesgos de Contaminacion por Plomo Cuando Remodela Su Casa (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances) (pdf format)
• ¿Es el Plomo un Problema en mi Casa? (American Industrial Hygiene Association)