Health Care Provider Education
The Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch (CLPPB) provides educational materials
for the purpose of increasing awareness regarding the hazards of lead exposure,
reducing lead exposure, and increasing the number of children assessed and
appropriately blood tested (screened).
CLPPB has resources for health care providers who would like more information about lead poisoning prevention and management. This includes mandated anticipatory guidance and lead testing requirements, information about health effects and risk factors, and management guidance for lead exposed children.
Live educational webinars provided by a CLPPB Medical Officer are available free of charge.
To schedule a webinar, contact the California Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch at CLPPB_Provider_Outreach@cdph.ca.gov.
Lead Poisoning Reference Papers
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Scientific Publications
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Policy Statement: Lead
Exposure in Children: Prevention, Detection, and Management
Lanphear et al. Low-Level
Environmental Lead Exposure and Children's Intellectual Function: An
International Pooled Analysis
Canfield, RL.Intellectual impairment
in children with blood lead concentrations below 10 µg per deciliter
Jusko et al. Blood Lead
Concentrations < 10mcg/dL and Child Intelligence at 6 Years of
Age