Environmental Health performs three important roles in addressing lead issues:
- Conducting environmental investigations at the homes of lead poisoned children to identify potential environmental lead hazards that may have caused or contributed to the child’s lead poisoning
- Educating owners, contractors, government agencies, and the public about lead hazards and steps to prevent lead poisoning from occurring
- Responding to complaints of unsafe lead work (such as sandblasting without any containment) at properties built before 1978 that may contain lead paint

Environmental Health works jointly with Public Health nurses and other professionals as part of a Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) team. To learn more about CLPPP,
visit their website at: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/lead/index.htm
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For more information about lead, call 1-800-LA-4-LEAD (5323)
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