Lead in the Environment
A detailed look at the health problems posed by lead. Learn about testing children for lead poisoning. This hypertext program presents sources of lead, health effects, and techniques for reducing lead exposure in and around the home. A quiz helps users review what they have learned, and the reference section points them to local, regional and national sources of information and help. Created: 1994 by W. Adams, W. Sanders, D. Turpin; updated 1999
Audiences:
- parents
- homeowners
- small communities
- teachers
- concerned citizens
Download and install the software
- All you need to view the program is a Web browser
- Download Lead in the Environment - leadenv.zip (compressed file, 939K, unzips to 1.1MB)
- Double-click the file to uncompress and install the program. We suggest saving it to C:\Program Files\seahome\leadenv\
- Start your browser and choose File > Open > C:\Program Files\seahome\leadenv\src\title.htm
View the software online
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This environmental software program was produced by Purdue University under a cooperative agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Although this material was prepared in collaboration with EPA, Purdue University is the author, holds the exclusive copyright, and is solely responsible for its content subject to the terms of the cooperative agreemeent. Limitations under the copyright, which allows for free reproduction and distribution of the software, can be found on the program's title page.
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