Sentences with phrase «for elevated lead levels»

Children living in Universal communities, along with all children receiving Medicaid or WIC benefits or enrolled in Head Start and Early Head Start, are to be tested for elevated lead levels at ages 1 and 2; no questions asked.

Some were for elevated lead levels, the problem in Flint, but the data set also included violations for coliform bacteria — a group of microbes that is easy to detect and serves as an indicator of bacterial contamination in general — nitrates, arsenic, and other contaminants.

In the city of Syracuse, 842 children under the age of six — 7 percent of the city's population in that age group — tested positive in 2013 for elevated lead levels.

In the city of Syracuse, 693 children under the age of six — 6 percent of the city's population in that age group — tested positive for elevated lead levels in 2014, according to the Onondaga County health department.

Roughly one out of every 20 water taps in NYC elementary schools has tested positive for elevated lead levels, a NY Post analysis of Department of Education data has found.

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Commodity prices have remained at historically elevated levels, although persistent transportation bottlenecks are leading to continued discounts for Canadian heavy crude oil.

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Schumer's comments add to the growing call for action in Buffalo, where elevated lead levels have been a problem for years because of the presence of lead paint in its old housing stock.

An Upper West Side kindergarten teacher has filed a lawsuit that says she grew seriously ill after drinking from the classroom faucet with elevated lead levels at P.S. 87 William T. Sherman School for eight years.

As New York City retests all public school buildings for lead in the water, 140 have had at least one water sample showing elevated levels so far.

As they prepared to begin testing young children for lead poisoning this week, school officials in Newark, NJ acknowledged that water in the city's schools had contained elevated levels of lead for years.

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Federal health officials are considering a 30 percent reduction in the threshold for what are considered elevated lead levels in children, a move that could increase the number of youngsters treated for evidence of the heavy metal in their blood.

Poloncarz» proposal would add a new senior investigating public health sanitarian along with 5 investigating public health sanitarians, a registered nurse to provide case management for children with lower but still elevated blood lead levels, and a clerk to handle the large amounts of legal paperwork generated by these programs.

Two schools each have a water source showing elevated lead levels that are not used for drinking.

Pols will introduce 17 new bills on Wednesday, which would require more thorough investigations when a child is found with elevated lead levels and beef up lead paint rules for apartments and other spots where children spend time.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are conducting a sweeping investigation of environmental health and safety conditions, including cases of elevated blood lead levels, in public housing and homeless shelters and the possibility that the New York City housing and homeless agencies filed false claims to federal housing officials for payment related to the conditions.

County Health Commissioner Gale Burstein, who refused interview requests for this story, said in a prepared statement in June that lead paint remains the primary source in their investigations of elevated blood lead levels.

Investigative Post reported Thursday that nearly 500 children in three ZIP codes comprising the West Side and a large portion of the East Side were diagnosed with elevated levels of lead in their blood for the three years ending in 2012.

Revelations that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration knew about elevated levels of the toxin PFOA in the water in Hoosick Falls a year and a half before they warned residents has led the Assemblyman who represents the village to call for a federal investigation, as well as a public forum to explain to residents the results of recent blood tests.

Tiesha started advocating for the residents of NYCHA Fort Independence Houses in 2010, after her daughter was diagnosed with an elevated level of lead poisoning at the age of four.

► «Water treatment and corrosion expert Marc Edwards made headlines recently for his work to uncover and address the elevated lead levels in drinking water in Flint, Michigan.»

«We were all shocked by how widespread lead poisoning was for this population and just how clearly these elevated levels were associated with recreational hunting activity,» said Dr Arjun Amar, Associate Professor from the University of Cape Town's FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, who supervised the research.

In the first study conducted with IgEnio, the MedUni Vienna researchers at the Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, led by Rudolf Valenta and lead author Christian Lupinek, Kurt Derfler from the Division of Nephrology and Dialysis (Department of Medicine III) and Ventzislav Petkov from the Division of Pulmonology (Department of Medicine II), were able to show that this absorption technique brings about a significant improvement in the quality of life for sufferers during the pollen season — even those with a greatly elevated IgE levels.

She found that twice as many children tested positive for elevated levels of lead after the switch to Flint River water.

«Our study shows that when the creatinine level is elevated in the blood of a kidney transplant recipient, use of our urine test would differentiate the common causes of kidney dysfunction that led to the elevation in creatinine, hence benefiting many patients by allowing them to avoid the need for an invasive needle biopsy,» said Dr. Muthukumar.

«Our group, which includes more than 180 myeloma researchers worldwide, has updated the definition of multiple myeloma for diagnostic purposes to include validated biomarkers in addition to the current clinical symptoms used for diagnosis which include, elevated blood calcium levels, kidney failure, anemia and bone lesions,» said lead author S. Vincent Rajkumar, M.D. a hematologist at Mayo Clinic.

During pregnancy, the elevated blood estrogen level induces the proliferation of mammary epithelial cells, leading to the development of the mammary gland in preparation for lactation.

In the short term, stress can shut down appetite, but if the stress persists, your levels of cortisol and ghrelin (also known as the «hunger hormone «-RRB- will peak and stay elevated for a longer period of time, leading to a significant increase in appetite.

«If stress is not managed properly and continues for an extended period, it can lead to elevated cortisol levels in the body that go on to further increase appetite.»

In fact, elevated insulin levels lead to heart disease, which, ironically, is the primary reason for taking a statin drug in the first place!

The high demand on the adrenal glands initially elevates cortisol levels, but ultimately leads to adrenal insufficiency and abnormally low cortisol levels, along with other hormones important for health, performance and recovery.

Homocysteine levels rise with age, and increasing levels can lead to a damaging chain reaction of effects — research has revealed that elevated homocysteine levels can disrupt delicate arterial linings, increase inflammation and oxidative stress, decrease blood flow to the heart and brain and set the stage for atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease.

The thought is that eating foods that contain saturated fat and dietary cholesterol lead to elevated blood cholesterol levels, which is bad for health.

Which leads to elevated blood sugar levels (bad for insulin), a shut - down of proper digestion, and bodily inflammation which hinders all the hormones.

The manufacturer claims that this product helps to elevate energy levels, increase * your metabolism for faster weight loss *, burn more stored body fat and help you lead a better lifestyle.

«Because it competes with iodine for receptor sites in the body, elevated levels of the stuff may lead to thyroid issues, such as hypothyroidism, autoimmune disease, and cancer.»

DEFICIENCIES OF VITAMINS B6, B12 and FOLIC ACID: Kilmer McCully, MD, PhD, demonstrated that these deficiencies lead to elevated levels of homocysteine, a marker for heart disease.

High demand along with Porsche's envious reputation for engineering excellence have elevated resale values for the Panamera to class - leading levels.

Constant anxiety is not only detrimental for an animal's health, but elevated cortisol — the stress hormone — levels can also lead to new behavior problems.

Some animals may have an elevated blood calcium level («hypercalcemia») for any number of reasons and this could lead to excess calcium in the urine as the body attempts to restore calcium balance.

In 2005, Turtle Beach pioneered the way for high - quality gaming audio with the very first console gaming headset — the X51 — and since then we've led the industry by designing innovative, best - in - class products that elevate your game experiences to the next level through precision audio.

By providing developers with the tools to essentially write code once for all platforms (iOS, Android and Windows), Microsoft strategically elevates its platform to the same priority level as the two leading platforms.

For instance, children from low - income family have elevated lead levels, which may impede their learning capacities.

Sample screening tools for assessing possible exposure, and information on management of women found to have elevated lead levels are also included.

Whereas kissing is commonly perceived as a display of affection in romantic relationships, research highlights a far more nuanced explanation regarding the «function» of kissing within relationships.1 Some research suggests that kissing enables individuals to assess the quality of potential partners by putting individuals in close proximity, making it easier to examine features that are associated with mate value, such as breath and skin texture.2 Other research suggests that kissing elevates levels of arousal, which may lead to sexual intercourse.3 A third body of research suggests that kissing can influence feelings of attachment, alleviate stress, and increase relationship satisfaction.4 Given these varied explanations, the question remains: is there a single purpose for kissing or do all these explanations hold truth?

Importantly, research has shown that children who scored high in behavioural intensity (i.e., show high activity and intense reactions to new situations and events) had a history of more medically - attended injuries when their parents reported reduced supervision but not when their parents reported closely supervising (see Figure 1).23 Thus, close supervision can counteract the elevated risk of injury typically found for temperamentally - difficult children.24, 25 On the other hand, the child attribute of inhibitory control (e.g., child can exercise self control and resist doing things prohibited by a caregiver) serves a protective function and predicts a history of fewer medically - attended injuries even under conditions of reduced supervision (see Figure 1).23 Hence, whether lower levels of supervision lead to increased risk of injury depends, in part, on the child's behavioural attributes.

In addition, all three laws include provisions that recognize that liability insurance serves as an incentive to owners and as a source of compensation for those children who develop elevated blood lead levels — even if they live in units that meet the standards.