Information about Lead and Arsenic

This page provides links to important information about health risks and how to avoid exposure to arsenic and lead.

Information about arsenic

• Fact Sheet: Arsenic in the Environment (Washington Department of Health), Added June 2003
  
  
• ToxFAQs for Arsenic
  
  
• Arsenic in Drinking Water 
  
  
• Information about arsenic-treated wood products

Information about lead

• Information about lead (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry) (Washington Department of Health), Updated January, 2006

• Fact Sheet: Lead and Your Health (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences), Updated June, 2003  

• Occupational Lead Exposure: An Alert for Workers (Department of Labor and Industries), Added October, 1999  

General Links

• Reducing toxic exposure in soil
  
  
• Department of Health arsenic information
  
  
• Department of Health lead information