Declaration of the Environment Leaders of the Eight on Children's Environmental Health

It presents the integral text of the Declaration on the protection on children against environmental threats.

Fact sheet: EPA and HUD move to protect children from lead-based paint poisoning; disclosure of lead-based paint hazards in housing

Rules to be followed by sellers, landlords and agents during sales and rentals of housing built before 1978, for preventing lead-based paint hazards. Document in pdf format; Acrobat Reader needed.

Integrated Risk Information System - IRIS.

Electronic data base containing information onhuman health effects that may result from exposure to various chemicals in the environment. Contains descriptive and quantitative information in: oral reference doses and inhalation reference concentrations (RfDs and RfCs, respectively) for chronic noncarcinogenic health effects; and hazard identification, oral slope factors, and oral and inhalation unit risks for carcinogenic effects.