Publications
Guidelines and
Recommendations:
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Recommendations for Preventing Lead
Poisoning among the Internally Displaced Roma Population in Kosovo from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007) (PDF) - Lead exposure is a
continuing urgent health problem for Roma in Kosovo. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United
Nations International Children’s’ Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have collaborated in
blood lead surveillance of the Roma children living in refugee camps in Kosovo.
This document includes recommendations.
- A
Purchaser's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Moving Science into Coverage (2006)
- This is an important resource on preventive services, including elevated
blood lead level screening. Developed in
collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the National Business
Group on Health (NBGH), the Purchaser's Guide translates clinical
guidelines and medical evidence, providing large employers with the information
they need to select, define, and implement preventive medical benefits. The
section on elevated blood lead level screening starts on page 164 of the
guide, under the Evidence Statement for Child Health Promotion.
- Lead Poisoning Prevention in
Newly Arrived Refugee Children: Tool Kit (2006) - The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention's (CDC) Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (LPPP) in
conjunction with the Office of Refugee Resettlement developed the Lead Poisoning
Prevention in Newly Arrived Refugee Children tool kit in response to the
increasing number of refugee children entering in the United States and
subsequently developing elevated blood lead levels.
- Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children (2005) - This is the fifth
revision of the statement on Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This revision accompanies a
companion document, developed by the Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead
Poisoning Prevention which reviews the scientific evidence for adverse effects
in children at blood lead levels below 10 µg/dL.
- Building Blocks for Primary Prevention:
Protecting Children from Lead-Based
Paint Hazards (2005) - This publication offers a comprehensive collection of 70
"building blocks," which are primary prevention strategies to reduce exposure to
hazards in housing. To use a searchable version of this CDC publication click
here.
Source: Alliance for Healthy Homes
- Using GIS to Assess and Direct Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention: Guidance
for State and Local Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs (2004) - These
guidelines were prepared to help new lead epidemiologists quickly learn how to
use geographic information systems (GIS) mapping technology to assess and direct
childhood lead poisoning elimination efforts.
- Preventing Lead Exposure in Young Children: A Housing-Based Approach to
Primary Prevention of Lead Poisoning (2004) - This document presents
recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory
Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention for a housing-based approach to
primary prevention of childhood lead poisoning to accelerate progress towards
the elimination of elevated blood lead levels in children.
- Managing
Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Young Children: Recommendations
from the Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention (2002)
- This report form the Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
is intended to facilitate the management of children with elevated blood lead
levels by providing case managers with information and guidance.
- Screening Young Children for Lead Poisoning: Guidance for State and Local Public Health Officials, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(1997) - The policy outlined in the document has two main purposes: to increase
screening and follow-up care of children who most need these services, and to
help communities pursue the most appropriate approach to the prevention of
childhood lead poisoning.
- Preventing
Lead Poisoning in Young Children (1991) - The fourth revision of the
statement on Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children by the Centers for
Disease Control.
- Preventing
Lead Poisoning in Young Children (1985) ** - The second revision of the
statement on Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
- Preventing
Lead Poisoning in Young Children (1978) ** - The first revision of the
statement on Increased Lead Absorption and Lead Poisoning in Young Children by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Increase Lead Absorption and Lead Poisoning in Young Children (1975) ** - A
statement on Lead Poisoning in Young Children by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
- ** These documents are being kept on this website for historical purposes. You can request that copies of these and other documents be sent to you by contacting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWRs) The MMWR series is a weekly United States public health report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- CDC.
Interpreting and
Managing Blood Lead Levels <10 µg/dL in Children and Reducing Childhood
Exposures to Lead: Recommendations of CDC's Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead
Poisoning Prevention. MMWR.
November 2, 2007; 56(RR08):1-14;16.
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Erratum: Vol. 56, No.
RR-8 MMWR. November 30, 2007; 56(47):1241-1242.
- CDC.
Death of a Child After Ingestion of a Metallic Charm---Minnesota, 2006.
MMWR.
March 31, 2006; 55(12):340-341.
- CDC.
Deaths Associated with Hypocalcemia from Chelation Therapy---Texas, Pennsylvania, and Oregon, 2003--2005.
MMWR.
March 3, 2006; 55(8):204-207.
- CDC.
Blood Lead Levels---United States, 1999--2002.
MMWR.
May 27, 2005; 54(20):513-516.
- CDC.
Lead Poisoning Associated with Use of Litargirio---Rhode Island, 2003.
MMWR.
March 11, 2005; 54(9):227-229.
- CDC.
Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Refugee Children---New Hampshire, 2003--2004.
MMWR.
January 21, 2005; 54(2):42-46.
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Erratum: Vol. 54, No.
2 MMWR. January 28, 2005; 54(3):76.
- CDC.
Childhood Lead Poisoning from Commercially Manufactured French Ceramic Dinnerware---New York City, 2003.
MMWR.
July 9, 2004; 53(26):584-586.
- CDC.
Lead Poisoning Associated with Ayurvedic Medications---Five States, 2000--2003.
MMWR.
July 9, 2004; 53(26):582-584.
- CDC.
Brief Report: Lead Poisoning from Ingestion of a Toy Necklace---Oregon, 2003.
MMWR.
June 18, 2004; 53(23):509-511.
- CDC.
Blood Lead Levels in Residents of Homes with Elevated Lead in Tap Water---District of Columbia, 2004.
MMWR.
April 2, 2004; 53(12):268-270.
Addendum: Following the release of the MMWR, "Blood Lead Levels in Residents of Homes with Elevated Lead in Tap Water -- District of Columbia, 2004", some reports have suggested erroneously that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined that lead in residential tap water at concentrations as high as 300 parts per billion is ‘safe’. CDC would like to reiterate the key message from the 2004 article that because no threshold for adverse health effects in young children has been demonstrated (no safe blood level has been identified), all sources of lead exposure for children should be controlled or eliminated. Lead concentrations in drinking water should be below the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency’s action level of 15 parts per billion.
- CDC.
Surveillance for Elevated Blood Lead
Levels Among Children - United States, 1997--2001. MMWR. September 12, 2003; 52(SS-10):1-21. (PDF)
- CDC.
Childhood Lead Poisoning Associated with Tamarind Candy and Folk Remedies---California, 1999--2000.
MMWR.
August 9, 2002; 51(31):684-686.
- CDC. Fatal Pediatric Lead Poisoning---New Hampshire, 2000.
MMWR. June 8, 2001 50(22):457-459.
- CDC. Trends in blood lead levels among children---Boston, Massachusetts, 1994--1999.
MMWR. May 4, 2001 50(17):337-339.
- CDC. Occupational and Take-Home Lead Poisoning Associated With Restoring Chemically Stripped Furniture---California, 1998.
MMWR. April 6, 2001; 50(13):246-248.
- CDC.
Blood Lead
Levels in Young Children---United States and Selected States, 1996--1999 .
MMWR. December 22, 2000; 49(50):1133-1137.
- CDC. Recommendations for Blood Lead Screening of Young Children Enrolled in Medicaid: Targeting a Group at High Risk---United
States. MMWR. December 8, 2000; 49(RR-14):1-13. (PDF)
- CDC. Elevated Blood Lead
Levels Among Internationally Adopted Children---United States, 1998. MMWR.
February 11, 2000; 49(5):97-100.
- CDC. Lead Poisoning Associated
with Imported Candy and Powdered Food Coloring---California and Michigan. MMWR.
December 11, 1998; 47(48):1041-1043.
- CDC.
Targeted
Screening for Childhood Lead Exposure in a Low Prevalence Area---Salt Lake
County, Utah, 1995--1996.
MMWR. March 14, 1997; 46(10):213-217.
- CDC.
Update: Blood Lead Levels---United States, 1991--1994.
MMWR. February 21, 1997; 46(7):141.
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Erratum: Vol. 46, No. 7
MMWR. July 4, 1997; 46(26):607. - CDC.
Children with Elevated Blood Lead Levels Attributed to Home Renovation and Remodeling Activities--New York, 1993-1994. MMWR.
January 3, 1997; 45(51&52):1120-1123.
- CDC.
Blood Lead Levels Among Children---Rhode Island, 1993--1995.
MMWR. October 27, 1995; 44(42):788-791.
- CDC.
Blood Lead Levels Among Children in a Managed-Care Organization---California, October 1992--March 1993
MMWR. September 1, 1995; 44(34):627-629, 635.
- CDC.
Lead Poisoning Associated with Use of Traditional Ethnic Remedies---United States.
MMWR. July 16, 1993; 42(27):521-524.
Last updated: 04/23/2008