Resources
Lead Hazard Control Resources in Greater Kansas City:
Free or reduced fee blood testing for children:
Call for an appointment:
Independence Missouri Health Dept.
(816) 325-7771
Johnson County Health Dept.
(913) 894-2525
Kansas City Missouri Health Dept.
(816) 513-6048
Wyandotte County Health Dept.
(913) 573-6710
Note: Medicaid providers are required to test for lead. Insist on a test for your child!
To do your own testing of dust, paint or soil:
METS Laboratory (800) 604-1995
To get a list of licensed lead inspectors, consultants or contractors:
Missouri Dept. of Health (888) 837-0927
Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment (785) 368-7302
To purchase supplies and equipment:
ABCO Supply - John Peele
927 S. 7th Street
Kansas City, KS 66105
(913) 321-4100
ACE - Mike Cooper
1444 Kansas Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66105
(913) 371-6444
Davis Paint - Roger Neu
9121 Bond
Overland Park, KS 66214
(913) 894-6399
Gragg's Paint - Joe Daniel
275 Southwest Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66103
(913) 432-8818
For information about programs providing free lead-based paint repair:
Kansas City Missouri Health Dept. (816) 513-6048
For information about home repair programs:
KCMO Paint Program (816) 513-3200
KCMO Minor Home Repair (816) 513-3015
Metropolitan Energy Center (816) 531-7283
Wyandotte County/KCKS (913) 573-5118
Johnson County, KS (913) 432-2174 x 3358
Organizations:
- Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning (AECLP)
- American Academy of Pediatrics - Children and Environmental Disease (AAP)
- Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
- CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
- CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (in Spanish)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Federal Government Websites for Kids
- Leadlisting: National Lead Service Provider's Listing System
- National Center for Environmental Health/Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS)
- Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment's Lead Program (KDHE)
- National Center for Lead Safe Housing (NCLSH)
- National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- National Institute of Health (NIH)
- National Lead Information Center
- National Safety Council's Environmental Health Center
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration's Lead Page
- Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT)
- Programa de Plomo- National Safety Council's Lead Page in Spanish
- Summary of Federal and Non-Profit Organization's Lead Sites
- Society for Occupational & Environmental Health
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- HUD Office of Lead Hazard Control
- Dangers of Lead Still Linger (FDA Consumer)
- WIC
Publications:
- Federal Strategy to Eliminate Childhood Lead Poisoning (3/2000)
- Dangers of Lead Still Linger (FDA)
- Lead in Your Home: A Parent's Reference Guide, Reducing Lead Hazards when Remodeling Your Home & Protect Your Family Pamphlet (EPA)
- Lead Poisoning Prevention Tips (HUD)
- What Every Parent Should Know About Lead Poisoning in Children (CDC)
- What You Should Know About Lead Based Paint in Your Home (CPSC)
- More Publications provided by the EPA
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