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Local Contacts:

• County / City Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs in California (under construction: Look in county and city government pages of your phone book for the names and numbers of your local lead poisoning prevention program.  Many provide information on testing your child for lead, general lead information and lead poisoning prevention services in your area)

• California Department of Health Services, Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

(510) 540-3448
(information on lead in the workplace and educational/training materials for workers, employers and health professionals)

• California Department of Health Services, Office of Drinking Water

(information on testing drinking water for lead)

• Tableware Education and Enforcement Program

1-800-644-5323
(information on lead in ceramics and tableware)
 
• Cal/OSHA Consultation Services

(415) 972-8515 headquarters
(310) 944-9366 Santa Fe Springs / Downey
(916) 263-2855 Sacramento
(415) 573-3864 San Mateo
(209) 454-1295 Fresno
(619) 279-3771 San Diego
(714) 935-2750 Anaheim
(213) 736-2187 San Fernando Valley
(free on-site health and safety consultation to employers)
 
• Cal/OSHA Compliance

(714) 939-8611 Anaheim
(213) 736-4911 Los Angeles
(916) 263-2803 Sacramento
(415) 557-8640 San Francisco
(to make a complaint about workplace health and safety conditions)
 
• University Based Occupational & Environmental Health Clinics

(714) 824-8641 Irvine
((310) 794-8144 Los Angeles
(619) 294-6206 San Diego
(800) 582-4003 Sacramento
(415) 885-7770 San Francisco
(expert medical assistance regarding lead-related health effects)
 
• California Department of Toxic Substance Control

(916) 255-3618 Sacramento
(510) 540-3739 Berkeley
(818) 551-2830 Glendale
(310) 590-4968 Long Beach
(information on current state regulations for disposing of lead waste)
 
• Cal / EPA Toxic Substances Control Department

(916) 322-7676
(information on hazardous waste classification of lead-containing materials)
 
• California Department of Real Estate Publications

P.O. Box 18700 Sacramento, CA 95818-7000
(to order California’s real estate disclosure booklet “Environmental Hazards:  Guide for Homeowners and Buyers”, send a self addressed, stamped, legal size envelope)
 
• Contractor State License Board

1 (800) 321-2752
(to confirm information about a Contractor’s License)

• U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

(information on lead-based paint in housing; guidelines on controlling lead-based paint hazards)
 
• National Lead Information Center

(information, materials and publications on preventing childhood lead poisoning)
 
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(information on lead poisoning prevention and real estate disclosure laws)
 
• U.S. Centers for Disease Control

(information on state and local screening efforts treatments for lead poisoning)
 
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

(overview of lead poisoning cases, effects and prevention)
 
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

(reports and news on lead in consumer products)

• American Board of Industrial Hygiene

(517) 321-2638
(to confirm information about a Certified Industrial Hygienist)
 
• Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning

(guide to understanding Federal Title X)
 
• National Center for Lead Safe Housing

(information on research to reduce lead hazards and reduce risk)
 
• Cooperative Personnel Services

(916) 263-3600
(schedules and locations of lead certification exams)