Targeted Childhood Lead Poisoning Screening Plan

Implementing Our Strategic Plan- Prioritize and Address Public Health Risks

By |2012-04-26T12:46:04-07:00April 26th, 2012|Prevention|

Our team from Environmental Health was in the Dewey-Humboldt area at their elementary school gym providing free blood lead tests for area kids.  There's been some community concerns about possible lead poisoning in children because of the nearby Iron King Mine and a smelter that once operated in the area.   Lead poisoning in AZ (we have about 300 cases [...]

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How Come High School Looks so Hard Today?

By |2011-07-19T09:58:47-07:00July 19th, 2011|General|

If you're like me, and your high school teen asks for help with math, you probably said to yourself or them “what the heck is that? I can’t help you- you’ll have to read the chapter”.  The math work might seem harder today partly because today’s teens weren’t lead poisoned like my generation was (people in their late 40’s and [...]

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