Lead Management

Lead Poisoning Prevention and Case Management

The Mercer County Health District works with the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in an effort to prevent and manage Childhood Lead Poisoning cases in Ohio and Mercer County. The ODH’s Ohio Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OHHLPPP) and the CDC’s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) are both dedicated to eliminating childhood lead poisoning  as a public health problem through strengthening blood lead testing, reporting and surveillance.

Childhood Lead Poisoning | Ohio Department of Health

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program | CDC 

Online resources for additional information on childhood lead poisoning:

Ohio Department of Health (ODH)
Childhood Lead Poisoning | Ohio Department of Health
1-877-LEAD SAFE

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program | CDC

American Academy of Pediatrics
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org
(search keyword = lead poisoning)

National Center for Healthy Housing
https://nchh.org

Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
http://www.hud.gov/lead

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
http://www.epa.gov/oppt/lead/index.html

Ohio Lead Regional Resource Centers
Northeast 866-887-6779 (ext. 138)
Northwest 800-698-3691
Southeast 866-681-3962
Southwest 800-957-3810