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Health Tips
Herculaneum Lead Contamination
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Cadmium, Arsenic and Lead Fact Sheet PDF
- Health Consultation - Blood Lead Results for 2002 Calendar Year - March 2003 PDF
- Health Consultation - Determination If Site-Specific Interior Dust Cleanup Levels are Protective of Public Health - Dec. 17, 2003 PDF
- Health Consultation - Sulfur Dioxide Monitors in Herculaneum - Oct. 22, 2002 PDF
- Health Consultation - Public Health Evaluation of Arsenic and Cadmium Levels in Air and Residential Soils - Nov. 12, 2002 PDF
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services - Environmental Health
- Health Consultation - Public Health Review of the Addendum to the Quality Assurance Project Plan Concerning Interior Sampling - Aug. 6, 2002 PDF
- Health Consultation - Public Health Implications from Attending or Working at Herculaneum Schools - June 4, 2002 PDF
- Letter dated May 31, 2002 to the Doe Run Company - responding to Doe Run's Haul Road Risk Assessment for Herculaneum, MO.
- Health Consultation - Determination if Remedial Actions are Protective of Public Health - April 16, 2002 PDF
- News Release - Summary of the Blood Lead Screening Results for 2001 - Herculaneum
- Health Consultation - Blood Lead Results for 2001 Calendar Year - Feb. 26, 2002 PDF
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Sept. 24, 2001 Letter - Herculanum Missouri Lead Contamination Public Health Risk PDF 109 KB
- Map of Blood Lead Levels in Herculaneum PDF
In addition to actions being taken by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, there are some things you can do to help reduce your children's exposure to high-lead levels. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services have advised citizens to take the following actions:
- Have children play on solid grass cover in yards or parks
- Remove shoes before entering your home
- Do not allow children to play in the street or on curbs
- Encourage children not to put their hands in their mouths
- Encourage frequent hand and face washing before eating, drinking and sleeping
In your home, dust or dirt containing lead can be removed by wet cleaning floors, windowsills, cabinets, toys and other places children may play.Wet-clean by using warm water and a general all-purpose cleaner or a cleaner made specifically for lead. To remove lead from carpets, wet shampoo often. HEPA vacuums are also effective at removing lead dust particles found in the carpet.
Most often children are poisoned by swallowing dust, dirt or paint containing lead. To reduce lead intake, eat small, frequent meals that are high in iron and calcium and low in fat. Foods such as milk, cheese, ice cream, eggs, chicken, liver, chili, spinach, greens, beans and whole grain breads will help to prevent lead poisoning and lower lead levels. Foods rich in vitamin C will enhance the absorption of iron from plant foods. Iron is needed in the body to carry oxygen throughout your body. Add a food or drink with vitamin C to each meal. Do not serve hot or iced tea. Tea keeps the body from taking in iron.
Screening Information
Has your child been tested for lead poisoning? Please contact your private physician or the Jefferson County Health Department at 636-789-3372 to get your child tested.
Contact Phone Numbers
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Scott Clardy or Gale Carlson at 573-751-6404
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Denise Jordan-Izaguirre at 913-551-1310
