- Trail Area Health & Environment Program | Welcome to THE Program
- A THEP Public Health Nurse (PHN) is available to answer any questions you or your patient may have and make referrals for support as necessary. Please call THEP’s PHN at 250-364-6223, or text 250-231-5945.
*see references for details
Resource information:
Nutrition and Lead:
- Dietary calcium supplementation to lower blood lead levels in pregnancy and lactation https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17296490/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0955286306002749?via%3Dihub
Pb exposure and children:
- Trail Are Health & Environment Program – https://thep.ca/
- Overview of childhood lead poisoning prevention (US CDC) – https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/overview.html
- Lead toxicity with a new focus: Addressing low-level lead exposure in Canadian children (CPS) –https://cps.ca/en/documents/position/lead-toxicity