A collaboration between the Central NY Children’s Environmental Health Center & the Central/Eastern NY Lead Poisoning Resource Center located at SUNY Upstate.
Syracuse, NY
Joined October 2020
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Upstate Children's Environmental Health retweeted
🦃 Turkey day is near! Practice safe food handling—wash hands & avoid cross-contaminating foods. 🧼🍗
The first person to contract EEE in NY since 2015 has died according to the @HealthNYGov.
Mosquito pools are still testing positive for EEE in Onondaga County.
Check out our Rx for Insect Repellent information and protect yourself.
#EEE #mosquitosafety #insectrepellent
Keep yourself and your family cool during the summer heat! If you don't have an air conditioner, you may qualify for a free one from the NYS Home Energy Assistance Program.
syracuse.com/news/2024/06/ho…
Upstate Children's Environmental Health retweeted
We talked with @CnyLyme about the shortcomings in diagnosing tick-borne diseases.
Listen➡️capitolpressroom.org/2024/04…
capitolpressroom.org/2024/04…
Consumer Reports urges the removal of Lunchables from school menus due to high levels of lead, sodium, and harmful chemicals found in packaging. consumerreports.org/health/l…
Upstate Children's Environmental Health retweeted
🌿🚫 Teach children to keep their hands off unfamiliar plants or berries when outdoors! If they forget and you're unsure, 📞 call us for free at 1-800-222-1222.
Upstate Children's Environmental Health retweeted
Wow - what a succinct and powerful summary of why we need to address environmental causes of cancer
Opinion: Cancer is not normal or inevitable. We should continue to fight it ehn.org/cancer-prevention-26…
EPA Announces Automatic Addition of Seven Additional PFAS to TRI List of Chemicals shar.es/agg1gW via @@natlawreview
Upstate Children's Environmental Health retweeted
Dr. Stanley Schaffer and Dr. Sandra Jee from Golisano Childrens Hospital join us on Good Day Rochester to spread awareness during National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. #nyscheck #RochesterNY
Protect your family from #LeadPoisoning foxrochester.com/news/good-d…
"Calculations showed that if the most highly exposed women could reduce their PFOA levels closer to the mean, as many as 40,000 low-weight births could be avoided each year" theguardian.com/environment/…
Upstate Children's Environmental Health retweeted
Today is Children's Enivornmental Health Day! It’s a day for mobilizing actions to advocate for equitable child protective policies, promoting child health and wellness, and celebrating children’s environmental health wins. Join us! cehday.org
#CEHday @CEHday
Hear Drs. Travis Hobart and Augusta Williams speak about Toxins, Toxicants, and Kids on @PBS: #CycleofHealth.
Airing tomorrow, Sept. 21 at 8:30 pm.
#WCNY #CNY #PBS #Toxins video.wcny.org/video/toxins-…
Upstate Children's Environmental Health retweeted
On the next episode of #CycleofHealth, we'll discuss the unseen perils of toxicants like lead, arsenic, mercury, and others that pose a significant danger, with children being particularly vulnerable.
Watch Thursday, Sept. 21 at 8:30 p.m. on WCNY-TV.
#WCNY #CNY #PBS #Toxins
Upstate Children's Environmental Health retweeted
Our NYCHECK members, Dr. @perry_sheffield and Syracuse Coordinator Olivia Malvasi are representing the network at the NYS Association for Rural Health symposium!
Check your spices to see if any brands you use match the report which showed high levels of heavy metals like arsenic, cadmium, and lead. consumerreports.org/health/f…
Upstate Children's Environmental Health retweeted
People with asthma can get sick if they breathe in #wildfire smoke. Learn more: bit.ly/2TgVqmU. #kNOwASTHMA
ALT Trees on fire
Upstate Children's Environmental Health retweeted
Even short-term exposure to #wildfire smoke shows increased adverse health outcomes, including risk for #heartdisease. Learn more: mountsinaiexposomics.org/wil…
This short article from Harvard goes over the health consequences of lead exposure, how children are exposed to lead, what parents can do to protect their children from lead, and treatment for lead exposure.
health.harvard.edu/blog/lead…
