Upstate Children's Environmental Health

🦃 Turkey day is near! Practice safe food handling—wash hands & avoid cross-contaminating foods. 🧼🍗

@Syracuse1848 Mayor Ben Walsh has declared Thursday, October 10th, 2024 as Children's Environmental Health Day. #CEHday promotes the vision of a healthier, safer, and more equitable world for all children, aiming to reduce the incidence of preventable health issues. @NYSCHECK

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

@ConsumerReports found high lead levels in a third of the cinnamon powders and spice mixtures they tested. Check out the ones that pose the most and least risk to your health. #LeadContamination #Cinnamon #FoodContaminants #HealthyEating #FoodQuality consumerreports.org/health/food-co…

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/h…

We talked with @CnyLyme about the shortcomings in diagnosing tick-borne diseases. Listen➡️capitolpressroom.org/2024/04/12/pre… capitolpressroom.org/2024/04/12/pre…

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/lunch-a…

🌿🚫 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.

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-prevent…

EPA Announces Automatic Addition of Seven Additional PFAS to TRI List of Chemicals shar.es/agg1gW via @@natlawreview

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-day-…

"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/20…

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-t…

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

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/food-sa…