Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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International
●WHO: Guideline for clinical management of exposure to lead (2021)
●WHO: Childhood lead poisoning (2010)
Canada
●Health Canada: Guidelines for Canadian drinking water quality – Guideline technical document: Lead (2019)
●Health Canada: Final human health state of the science report on lead (2013)
United States
●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Recommended actions based on blood lead level (updated 2024)
●CDC: Refugee health domestic guidance – Lead (updated 2024)
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement on the prevention of childhood lead toxicity (2016, reaffirmed 2021)
●ACOEM: Position statement on workplace lead exposure (2016)
●Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATDSR): Medical management guidelines for mercury (updated 2015)
●ATSDR: Medical management guidelines for arsenic (As) and inorganic arsenic compounds (updated 2014)
●ATDSR: Medical management guidelines for lead (updated 2014)
Europe
United Kingdom
●UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA): Guidance on chromium − Health effects, incident management and toxicology (2012, updated 2022)
●UKHSA: Guidance on mercury − Health effects, incident management and toxicology (2012, updated 2022)
●Public Health England (PHE): Guidance on arsenic − Health effects, incident management and toxicology (2014, updated 2019)
●PHE: Guidance on cadmium − Health effects, incident management and toxicology (2014, updated 2019)
●PHE: Guidance on lead − Health effects, incident management and toxicology (2014, updated 2019)
Australia–New Zealand
Japan
●[In English] Food Safety Commission Japan (FSCJ): Risk assessment report on lead (chemicals and contaminants) (2022)
●[In Japanese] FSCJ: Risk assessment report on lead (chemicals and contaminants) (2021)
●[In English] FSCJ: Risk assessment report on arsenic in foods (chemicals and contaminants) (2013)
●[In Japanese] FSCJ: Risk assessment report on arsenic in foods (chemicals and contaminants) (2013)
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