Sentences with phrase «leading environmental poison»

«The elimination of lead poisoning, a leading environmental poison of children in New York State, has been one of my highest priorities,» Governor Paterson said.

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«Lead poisoning is still a big problem, a huge problem,» says Philip Landrigan, MD, a pediatrician and director of the Children's Environmental Health Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.

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Bald eagles have made a remarkable recovery across the United States since the pesticide DDT was banned 45 years ago, but the majestic birds are still dying from another environmental poison: lead from bullets and shotgun pellets in wildlife carcasses left behind by hunters.

«Retrograde actions by the Trump administration — backtracking on COP 21, deregulating Fossil Fuels, rolling back environmental protections — will lead to many Superstorms like Sandy, more contaminated water like Flint and Hoosick Falls, worsening Asthma and respiratory problems, further poisoning the lungs of our Bronx babies,» said Judy Sheridan - Gonzalez, the president of the New York State Nurses Associations.

«If you look at data from around the country, it seems pretty consistent that there are around three times as many kids with 5 - 9 [micrograms] as there are kids with greater than 10 [micrograms],» Katrina Korfmacher, a lead poisoning prevention expert and associate professor for the Department of Environmental Medicine at University of Rochester Medical Center, wrote in an email.

In this episode of Investigative Postcast, environmental reporter Dan Telvock talks to Assemblyman Sean Ryan about lead poisoning, which remains a serious problem in Buffalo.

The Society of Environmental Journalists contest judges said Telvock's «dogged reporting on water contamination and lead poisoning holds local officials accountable on behalf of Buffalo residents.

Countdown Begins on Remodeling, Repairing and Paint Rules «New EPA Regs Aimed at Decreasing Lead Poisoning» In less than a month, all contractors who perform renovations, painting and remodeling that might disturb lead - based paint in houses, child care facilities and schools built before 1978 will be required to meet stricter guidelines under the new regulations established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oneida County Health Department officials said toLead Poisoning» In less than a month, all contractors who perform renovations, painting and remodeling that might disturb lead - based paint in houses, child care facilities and schools built before 1978 will be required to meet stricter guidelines under the new regulations established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oneida County Health Department officials said tolead - based paint in houses, child care facilities and schools built before 1978 will be required to meet stricter guidelines under the new regulations established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oneida County Health Department officials said today.

In light of Thursday morning's report by Erie County Comptroller Stephan Mychajliw that Poloncarz underestimated 2015 sales tax revenues, questions were asked whether the money is available to spend $ 750,000 a year on plans to increase protection from lead poisoning, and an estimated % 50,000 to $ 70,000 for an environmental impact review ahead of plans to ban plastic shopping bags.

For more information about these programs, or for general information on how to help prevent lead poisoning, contact the ECDOH Environmental Health Division at [phone].

For more information about these programs, or for general information on how to help prevent lead poisoning, contact the ECDOH Environmental Health Division at 716-961-6800.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — To increase awareness of childhood lead poisoning prevention, the Erie County Department of Health («ECDOH») along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is participating in National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) October 20 -lead poisoning prevention, the Erie County Department of Health («ECDOH») along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is participating in National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) Octoberpoisoning prevention, the Erie County Department of Health («ECDOH») along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is participating in National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) October 20 -Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) OctoberPoisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) October 20 - 26.

«To our knowledge, this is the first documentation of an outbreak of childhood lead poisoning associated with artisanal gold mining,» the team, directed by lead experts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, wrote in the online edition of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

Very Important for Cirrhosis of the Liver, Emphysema, Environmental Toxicity, Heart Attack, Jaundice, Kidney Stones, Lead Poisoning, Lupus, Nail Problems, Radiation Exposure, and Tuberculosis.

Children are more susceptible to lead poisoning than adults, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Dr. Krysten Schuler, wildlife disease ecologist with the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine's New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Center (AHDC), explains how the New York State Wildlife Health Program — a partnership between AHDC and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation that examines wildlife mortalities — recently discovered that out of 300 bald eagles tested in New York state, 17 percent had lead levels high enough to cause death from lead poisoning.

Phyllis Omido urged residents in Owino Uhuru to consider lead poisoning as a possibile reason for their health problems, often accompanying illiterate parents on hospital visits to help them explain the situation to their doctors (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

Phyllis Omido, 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize winner for Africa, galvanized the community in Mombasa to shut down a smelter that was causing lead poisoning among its workers and local residents.

• Eliminate lead poisoning, clean up brownfield sites, and create an Environmental Justice Task Force

There was a time when environmental issues were rightfully at the top of people's concerns — the skies above our cities were brown and noxious, our rivers and streams poisoned with pollution, lead was accumulating in the environment and our children.

They also found the administration had been working to undermine government science used to deal with childhood lead poisoning, endangered species, air pollution and environmental - health issues.

One of the worst environmental health disasters occurred in 2011, when 400 children died in Nigeria from lead poisoning.

The leading causes of emergency room visits overall are falls, being struck by or against an object, natural or environmental causes, poisoning, being cut or pierced, and motor vehicle accident.

Lead poisoning from bullets was hindering the recovery of the critically endangered California condor in the United States despite bans on the use of such ammunition in condor habitats, according to a 2012 report by Environmental toxicologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz.