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Los Angeles County                 Department of Public Health
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
5555 Ferguson Drive, Suite 210-02
Commerce, CA 90022
(800) LA-4-LEAD
Fax (323) 890-8736
lead@ph.lacounty.gov

• General information on the history of lead, what the problem is, Pathophysiology of Lead, Chelation Therapy, how children are exposed, who is at risk, and health effects.  

• Information on lead exposures and newly arrived refugees, immigrants, and Internationally Adopted Children

• Information on lead in candy, products used during global cultural practices, lead in folk medicine, toy jewelry and water.

For additional information: 

  http://www.dhs.ca.gov/childlead/html/chld_rsk.html 

  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/faq/FAQs.htm