NEW YORK CITY:

• Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DoHMH)
• Plan to Eliminate Lead Poisoning (December 2005)
  
•  Revisions to Health Code provisions on lead -- effective August 2, 2004
  
• Notice of Commencement form for work disturbing over 100 sq. ft. of lead paint or removing 2 or more windows
• Brochure: What All Tenants Should Know About Local Law 1
  
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• Brochure: Lo Que Todoes los Inquilinos Deben Saber sobre la Ley Local 1
  
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• Brochure: Preventing Lead Poisoning - What every parent should know
  
• Brochure: Envenenamiento por plomo - Lo que todo padre y madre deben saber
  
• A Guide to New York City Health Code Section 173.14 Safety Standards For Lead Based Paint Abatement
• A Guide To Lead Poisoning
• Health Bulletin #21 on Lead poisoning
• "Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Management"   City Health Information, September 2004
  
• Healthy Homes: Keeping Homes Healthy and Safe for Children   - in English and Spanish
  
•  Dry Sanding or Dry Scraping Paint Poster
• Understanding the Basics
•  Reports 
•  Surveillance of Childhood Blood Lead Levels in New York City (July 2002)
  
•  Annual Report 2001 (December 2002)
  
•  Annual Report 2002   (April 2004)
•  Annual Report 2003   (December  2004)
•  Annual Report 2004   (May  2006)
•  Annual Report 2005   (June  2007)
• Information and Referral Telephone Numbers
• Forms
• Annual Notice to Tenant or Occupant in Buildings with 3 or More Apartments -- Protecting Children from Window Falls and Lead Poisoning
  
• Notificacion Anual al Inquilino o Residente en Edificios con 3 Apartamentos o mas (vivienda multiple) -- Proteja a su Nino de las Caidas por las Ventanas y del Envenenamiento por Plomo
• Landlord Instructions
• Annual Notice to Tenant or Occupant in Buildings with 3 or More Apartments -- Protecting Children from Window Falls and Lead Poisoning (Instructions for Landlords)
  
• Landlord Instructions for Abating Lead Paint Hazards
• Landlord Instructions for Abating Lead Paint Hazards: Hiring EPA-Certified Lead Abatement Contractors & Lead Inspectors
• Landlord Instructions for Abating Lead Paint Hazards: Abatement Contractors & Inspectors
• Landlord Instructions for Abating Lead Paint Hazards: Methods for Abating Lead Paint Hazards
• Landlord Instructions for Abating Lead Paint Hazards: Final Inspections and Dust Sample Results
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• Department of Housing Preservation and Development ( HPD )
• Also available - Rules for LL 1 of 2004
• HPD's Summary of LL 1 of 2004 
  
• HPD's  Guide to Work Practices under LL 1 of 2004
  
• Pamphlet:  Are you Ready for NYC's New Lead Paint Law?
• Pamphlet: Are you Ready for NYC's New Lead Paint Law? (for building owners) 
• Application for Exemption  
• Request for Postponement of Time to Correct Lead-Based Paint Hazard Violation
  
• 1st Request
• 2nd Request
  
• Encapsulants: 
• List of encapsulants approved by NYS Department of Health (.PDF)
  
•  Technical fact sheet on encapsulants (.PDF)
• Questions and answers on the use of encapsulants (.PDF)

• HPD's EPA Lead Paint Certified Courses

• EPA Certified Lead-Based Paint Evaluation Firms

• EPA Certified Lead-Based Paint Abatement Firms

• EPA Accredited Training Programs

• HPD's database of housing code violations now available online
• J51 tax credit program (available for lead abatement work)
  

• Independent Budget Office ( IBO ) - study " Preventing Lead Poisoning In Children " 4/ 28/99

• Public Advocate - study Lead & Kids: Why Are 30,000 NYC Children Contaminated? 2/98 In PDF format (includes graphics and tables) or in HTML

• City Council

• Councilmembers listed by District #

• Councilmembers listed by Name

• Department of Health ( NYSDoH ) 
  
• 2000-2001 data
  

•  "Protecting  Our Children -- The Success of New York's Efforts to Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning" (May 2000) (1999 data)
  

• Materials on Lead Poisoning , including occupational exposure

• Lead Poisoning Prevention Curriculum for Preschool Children and their Families

• True or false Questions on lead poisoning ..

• Attorney General ( OAG )

• Look Out for Lead - A Guide for Tenants

• Consumer Tips on Lead
• Comptroller
• Report on Childhood Lead Poisoning, June 2007
• Press Release
  
• Audit
  
• Policy Report  
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• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR - Case Studies in Environmental Medicine - Lead Toxicity

• Centers for Disease Control - National Center for Environmental Health - Lead Program

• "Preventing Lead Exposure in Young Children: A Housing-Based Approach to Primary Prevention of Lead Poisoning" (October 2004)  
• "Managing Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Young Children: Recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning" (March 2002)
• Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children (1991)
  

• Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC - has hundreds of articles on lead paint hazards in products - use search facility for keyword "lead"

• EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Lead Programs and National Lead Information Center

• List of firms and individuals certified by EPA to perform lead-based paint activities in the New York area (in pdf format) as of February 6, 2002.
• Pamphlets
• Reducing Lead Hazards When Remodeling Your Home (in English or Spanish)
• Lead in Your Home: A Parent's Reference Guide 
• Testing Your Home for Lead in Paint, Dust, and Soil
• Finding a Qualified Lead Professional for Your Home  
  
• Lead Poisoning and Your Child (in English or Spanish)
• Protect Your Family from Lead in your Home (in English or Spanish)
  
• The Lead-Based Paint Pre-Renovation Education Rule: A Handbook for Contractors, Property Mangers, and Maintenance Personnel
• Lead Paint Safety: A Field Guide for Painting, Home Maintenance, and Renovation Work
• Other Lead Resources

• HUD Office of Health Homes and Lead Hazard Control

• Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing, June 1995 (updated 1997)

• Residential Lead Desktop Reference 3d Ed.

• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS ) In addition to a variety of lead-related information and reports available at this site, a search of the National Toxicology Program can be undertaken for abstracts of toxicological studies on the effects of lead on animals.

• National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health ( NIOSH) (contains general information on lead poisoning and information on the national ABLES program (Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance), and contact information for more than 33 state ABLES programs. It also contains background information on the ELPAT (Environmental Lead Proficiency Analytical Testing) program and abstracts of numerous recent journal articles)

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA ) (information about OSHA activities and a searchable collection of Federal Register documents.).Info on Lead Info on Respirators ,

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