Lead Resources

For Parents

• 5 Things You Can Do to Help Lower Your Child’s Lead Level – English
  5 Cosas Que Usted Puede Hacer Para Ayudar a Reducir el Nivel de Plomo de su Hijo – En Español
• Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning – English
  Prevenir el Envenenamiento por Plomo en los Niños – En En Español
• Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Resources – English
  Recursos para Prevenir el Envenenamiento por Plomo en los Niños – En Español

Nevada Healthy Homes Partnership

• Las Vegas Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Program – English
  Programa de Las Vegas del Control del Peligro del Plomo y Hogares Saludables – En Español

Health Care Professionals

• Interpreting and Managing Blood Lead Levels <10 µg/dL in Children and Reducing Childhood Exposures to Lead– CDC MMWR Newsletter
• Intellectual Impairment in Children with Blood Lead Concentrations below 10 µg per Deciliter – The New England Journal of Medicine

Lead Research in Southern Nevada

• Atypical Sources of Childhood Lead Poisoning in the United States PDF 141KB
• Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Project Reports
• Evaluation of Lead Hazards in Pre-1978 Residential Housing in Clark County, Nevada PDF 1.5MB
• Evaluation of Plastic Toys for Lead Contamination in Day Care Centers PDF 623KB
• Evaluation of X-Ray Fluorescence Lead Detection Method for Candy PDF 1MB
• Evaluation of X-Ray Fluorescence Lead Detection Methods for Candy Wrappers PDF 2MB
• Lead Contamination in Candies Imported from Latin America PDF 2.65MB
• Lead Contamination Risks from Imported Candies PDF 4MB
• Residential Lead Hazards, Nutritional Deficiencies and Socio-Cultural Factors PDF 4.5MB