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Info Pack - Lead fact sheet series of publications by NSW EPA
List of links compiled by Elizabeth O'Brien, President, The LEAD Group Inc.
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has in May 2016 published the following series of fact sheets at www.epa.nsw.gov.au/lead and distributed 70,000 copies to hardware stores and childcare centres in NSW. They promise to list our freecall number correctly as 1800 626 086 in the second edition of the fact sheet series!
The NSW EPA lead fact sheet series 2016:
- Fact Sheet: Lead, your health and the environment - http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/resources/pesticides/lead-health-environment-fact-sheet-150719.pdf
- Fact Sheet: Lead safety at home - http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/resources/pesticides/lead-safety-home-fact-sheet-160085.pdf
- Fact Sheet: Old lead paint - http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/resources/pesticides/lead-old-paint-fact-sheet-150700.pdf
- Fact Sheet: Lead and home renovations - http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/resources/pesticides/lead-renovations-fact-sheet-150716.pdf
- Fact Sheet: Lead in ceiling dust - http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/resources/pesticides/lead-ceiling-dust-fact-sheet-160087.pdf
- Fact Sheet: Working safely with lead - http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/resources/pesticides/lead-workplace-fact-sheet-160086.pdf
- Fact Sheet: Lead hazard management in children’s services - http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/resources/pesticides/lead-childcare-fact-sheet-160209.pdf
You will also find the complete original 1990s set of “Lead Safe” publications, developed by the Lead Reference Centre (LRC), a now-defunct part of the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA), now on our website at https://lead.org.au/NSW_Lead_Reference_Centre_and_NSW_Government_Publications.pdf or find them individually in the factsheets section at https://lead.org.au/fs-index.html - where you’ll see that the NSW set of “Lead Safe” publications is comprised of:
- Lead in ceiling dust
https://lead.org.au/fs/Lead_in_Ceiling_dust.pdf
- Lead, Your Health & the Environment. Available in Arabic, Chinese, English, Korean, Macedonian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese PDF
https://lead.org.au/fs/lead_safe/Lead_Your_Health_&_the_Environment-Arabic.pdf
https://lead.org.au/fs/lead_safe/Lead_Your_Health_&_the_Environment-Chinese.pdf
https://lead.org.au/fs/lead_safe/Lead_Your_Health_&_the_Environment-English.pdf
https://lead.org.au/fs/lead_safe/Lead_Your_Health_&_the_Environment-Korean.pdf
https://lead.org.au/fs/lead_safe/Lead_Your_Health_&_the_Environment-Macedonian.pdf
https://lead.org.au/fs/lead_safe/Lead_Your_Health_&_the_Environment-Spanish.pdf
https://lead.org.au/fs/lead_safe/Lead_Your_Health_&_the_Environment-Turkish.pdf
https://lead.org.au/fs/lead_safe/Lead_Your_Health_&_the_Environment-Vietnamese.pdf
- Lead Safe Housekeeping PDF
https://lead.org.au/fs/lead_safe/Lead_Safe_Housekeeping_Lead_Safe.pdf
- Old Lead Paint PDF
https://lead.org.au/fs/lead_safe/Old_Lead_Paint_Lead_Safe.pdf
- Working safely with lead PDF
https://lead.org.au/fs/lead_safe/Working_safely_with_lead_Lead_Safe.pdf
- A Renovator's Guide To The Dangers Of Lead (Brochure 30 pages) PDF
https://lead.org.au/fs/lead_safe/A_Renovator_Guide_To_The_Dangers_Of_Lead_Lead_Safe.pdf
- A Guide For Health Care Professionals (Brochure 34 pages) PDF
https://lead.org.au/fs/lead_safe/A_Guide_For_Health_Care_Professionals_Lead_Safe.pdf
- A Guide To Keeping Your Family Safe From Lead (Brochure 20 pages) PDF
https://lead.org.au/fs/lead_safe/A_Guide_To_Keeping_Your_Family_Safe_From_Lead_Lead_Safe
- Lead Hazard Management In Children's Services (Brochure 15 pages) PDF
https://lead.org.au/fs/lead_safe/Lead_Hazard_Management_In_Childrens_Services.pdf
- Lead and Home Renovations PDF
https://lead.org.au/fs/lead_safe/LRC_Fact_Sheet-Lead_and_Home_Renovations.pdf
The Development Control Plan (DCP) for lead was also developed by the Lead Reference Centre (LRC) and can still be found online on the NSW EPA website at: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/pesticides/03004managinglead.pdf
The above link to the DCP (full title: “Managing Lead Contamination in Home Maintenance, Renovation & Demolition Practices. A Guide for Councils”) is available as the “EPA Lead Guide for Councils Section 1 - Management of lead contamination” from The LEAD Group’s Council Lead Project (CLP) ToolKit at https://lead.org.au/clp/lstkstep_3.html
There are also many other valuable fact sheets by The LEAD Group Inc – environmental health charity – at https://lead.org.au/fs-index.html and the world’s largest online searchable lead library is accessible via the yellow highlighted link at the top of that webpage.
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