Sentences with phrase «lead poisoning rates»

«By any measure, the lead poisoning rates in condors are of epidemic proportions,» says Myra Finkelstein, a toxicologist at the University of California at Santa Cruz, who led the research.

Much of the high lead poisoning rates, officials said, can be traced to Buffalo's housing stock.

«Throughout my tenure as County Executive, Oneida County, through its Lead Primary Prevention Program (LPP), has led the way in combating one of the state's highest childhood lead poisoning rates through innovative and proactive programs that have come to serve as models for other programs both statewide and nationally.»

A budget tug of war between Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz and the County Legislature is leaving a program to combat lead poisoning in limbo, for now, even as federal data shows young children in Western New York suffer from lead poisoning rates three times higher than those in Flint, Mich..

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A recent national study that reported Syracuse has the nation's highest lead poisoning rate is flawed and makes the lead problem here appear far worse than it is, according to Onondaga County Health Department officials.

A recent national study that reported Syracuse has the nation's highest lead poisoning rate is flawed and makes the lead problem here appear far worse than it is, according to Onondaga County Health Department officials.

Not exact matches

Young children in Western New York suffer from the highest rate of lead poisoning in the upstate region — a rate that's more than three times higher than that in Flint, Mich., where a cost - driven switch to an alternate water system left 4 percent of children tested with signs of lead exposure.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz unveiled a $ 3.75 million, five - year program to combat lead poisoning after federal data indicated children in Western New York suffer from it at higher rates than elsewhere in the state.

Lead levels are elevated in water across the NYC school system, but poisoning rates have fallen consistently

Lead paint from Buffalo's older housing stock continues to cause high rates of lead poisoning in the cLead paint from Buffalo's older housing stock continues to cause high rates of lead poisoning in the clead poisoning in the city.

The data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed Erie County with a 14 percent rate of lead poisoning — compared with 8.6 percent in Monroe County, which includes Rochester; and 9.1 percent in Onondaga County, which includes Syracuse.

Erie County has one of the highest rates of childhood lead poisoning in the state, according to data cited from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The initiatives come as federal data, released last month by Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D - N.Y., show children in Western New York — ages 5 and under — suffer from the highest rate of lead poisoning in upstate New York.

But the released birds have a high mortality rate: Some die from lead poisoning contracted when they scavenge carcasses contaminated with bullet fragments.

Learning to control his anger while seeking a cure for the gamma poisoning that causes him to mutate when his heart rate accelerates, Banner's plans are interrupted when General Thaddeus «Thunderbolt» Ross (William Hurt) sends in a Special Ops unit — led by ex-KGB mercenary Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth)-- to capture him and study like a lab rat.

For instance, each country phased out lead in gasoline, plumbing and paint at different times, providing a rigorous test that shows a high degree of likelihood that lead poisoning can influence violent crime rates.