California Home CDHS Home CDHS Comments CDHS Search CDHS Organization Home Page About the CLPPB Frequently Asked Questions for Parents and Health Care Providers Children at Risk Provider Outreach Contact Information Materials and Products California, during the last decade, enacted landmark legislation to prevent childhood lead poisoning. This legislation has established the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch (CLPPB) a children's environmental health program offering multi-layered solutions to this complex problem. California Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch: Provider Outreach Healthcare Provider Education The Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention branch provides educational materials for the purpose of increasing awareness regarding the hazards of lead exposure and working towards increasing the number of children tested for blood lead poisoning. Continuing Medical Education (CME) Lead Poisoining Self-Study Module (1 unit free CME) Lead Poisoning Presentation available for grand rounds/noon conferences/other physician conferences - contact:   Dr. Steven Rosenberg (510) 620-5600 Lead Poisoning Reference Papers Markowitz, Morri. Lead Poisoning. Pediatrics in Review. 21(10) pp 327-335. Oct 2000 Markowitz, Morri. Lead Poisoning: A Disease for the Next Millennium. Current Problems in Pediatrics. March 2000 pp 62-70 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Policy Statement: Lead Exposure in Children: Prevention, Detection, and Management. Pediatrics 116(4) pp1036-1046, October 2005 Lanphear et al. Low-Level Environmental Lead Exposure and Children's Intellectual Function: An International Pooled Analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives 113(7), July 2005 Canfield RL. Intellectual impairment in children with blood lead concentrations below 10 µg per deciliter. N Engl J Med 348:1517 –1526, 2003 Lead Poisoning In the News The Secret History of Lead The Nation. March 20, 2000 Lead's Lethal Legacy Engulfs Young Lives The Baltimore Sun. Jan. 20, 2000 Educator Tools Bright Futures - A communication tool in Spanish and English for lead educators.