Implement guidelines on lead poisoning and lead paint
Tools provide guidance and supportive information for WHO Secretariat to finalize guidelines on the prevention and management of lead poisoning and for Member States to implement forthcoming guidelines, and phase out paints containing lead as per the objectives of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint.
Relevant tools
Below is a list of tools relevant for implementing this topic :
- WHO - Exposure to lead: A major public health concern, second edition [2021]
- WHO - Lead: Assessing the environmental burden of disease at national and local levels [2003]
- UNEP/WHO - Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint [accessed 2022]
- UNEP/WHO - Toolkit for Establishing Laws to Control the Use of Lead in Paint: Second edition [2021]
- WHO - Update on the global status of legal limits on lead in paint, December 2021 [2022]
- WHO - Countries with legally binding controls on lead paint [2021]
- UNEP - Model Law and Guidance for Regulating Lead Paint [2018]
- WHO - Lead in drinking-water: Health risks, monitoring and corrective actions [2022]
- WHO - Recycling used lead-acid batteries: health considerations [2017]