Golisano Children's Hospital / Lead Poisoning Resource Center / News & Updates News & Updates Contact Us Toll Free: (877) 352-5775 Visit us on Facebook! Western NY Lead Poisoning Resource Center December 2020 Our 12/23 Happy Holiday email included reminders about lead poisoning prevention, including being aware that certain products, like holiday toys and toy jewelry can can contain lead. The NYS American Academy of Pediatrics Chapter 1 Lead Testing Project ECHO Learning/Quality Improvement Collaborative launched on December 15. November 2020 Announcement about the NYS American Academy of Pediatrics Chapter 1 Lead Testing Project ECHO Learning/Quality Improvement Collaborative July 2020 Email update on lead poisoning prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic April 2020 Our Spring newsletter is now available! Lead News for Healthcare Providers - Spring 2020 February 2020 Dr. Kristin Navarette’s Oct 23, 2019 Pediatric Grand Rounds presentation on "An Update on New York State Lead Initiatives and New Regulatory Requirements" is now available to view for CME credit. To access it, go to the University of Rochester website: www.cme.urmc.edu (on the left side, choose the Online Learning tab). Learning Objectives are to 1) Summarize the changes to New York State public health law and regulatory requirements for health care providers regarding elevated blood lead level definitions, follow up testing, and medical management, and 2) List three resources available to share anticipatory guidance on lead exposure with patients and families. It is free for U of R and Arnot Health System providers and $15 for all other providers. December 2019 Thanks to all who participated in our online survey! Results are here - NYS Lead Poisoning Prevention Regulation Changes and Healthcare Provider Responsibilities. October 2019 On October 22 & 23 Dr. Kristen Navarette, Medical Director of the NYS DOH Center for Environmental Health, and Linda Freligh, NYS DOH Community Health Program Manager, visited the WNY Lead Poisoning Resource Center’s Rochester Office. Dr. Navarette delivered Pediatric Grand Rounds at Rochester General Hospital and at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The slides are available and the one hour recorded session can be found on the Department of Pediatrics' Grand Rounds page. Dr Navarette and Ms. Freligh also visited the Lead Poisoning Prevention Storyboard with Dusty the Dog. The educational display was set up outside the Golisano Children's Hospital Pediatric Practice for Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. (Pictured from left to right: Jennifer Becker, Dr. Stanley Schaffer, Dusty the Dog, Dr. Kristen Navarette, Linda Freligh) Our Fall newsletter is now available! Lead News for Healthcare Providers - Fall 2019 As of October 1st, 2019 New York State has a lowered definition of an elevated blood lead level. Follow up is now required on all children with blood lead levels of 5 ug/dL and higher. For more details, see the NYS DOH Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention website. March 2019 Our Spring newsletter is now available! Lead News for Healthcare Providers - Spring 2019 June 2018 Summer newsletter now available! Lead News for Healthcare Providers – Summer 2018 January 2018 Check out our latest newsletter! Lead for Healthcare Providers – Winter 2018 November 2017 Judy Wadsworth, editor of the Monroe County School Boards Association (MCSBA) newsletter, included an article about our Oct 18th conference in the MCSBA's November News Scope. October 2017 Thank you to all who participated in our October 18th conference, "The Effect of Lead on Learning: The Way Forward." You can access the video and downloadable materials on the 2017 Conference page. July 2017 Dr. Schaffer and Jennifer Becker presented to the Chemung County Board of Health on the long term effects of lead exposure and the need for local partners to collaborate with the Health Department to prevent childhood lead poisoning in Elmira, with examples from Rochester and other cities. The Elmira Star Gazette reported on the event. May 2017 Check out our latest newsletter! Lead for Healthcare Providers - Spring/Summer 2017 February 2017 Our Rochester Office of the Western NY Lead Poisoning Resource Center provides services to 9 counties, and the Buffalo Office covers 8 counties. The NYS Department of Health renewed our contract along with the other Regional Lead Resources Centers for an additional five years. December 2016 Dr. Schaffer served on the expert panel for the lead poisoning episode of the PBS show Second Opinion November 2016 Dr. Schaffer gave a presentation at The Children's Hospital Montefiore's Conference : It Takes a Community: Organizing Around Lead October 2016 Our second newsletter is here! Lead for Healthcare Providers - Fall 2016 A grant from the Wilson Community Foundation allowed the WNY Lead Poisoning Resource Center to offer a blood testing at Rochester Head Start centers for young children attending Head Start and their siblings. The testing events occurred at eight Head Start centers in Rochester from mid-Sept to mid-Nov. UR Medicine Labs sent phlebotomists for the testing events. Six of the Head Start centers are operated by Action for a Better Community, one by Ibero-American Action League, and one by Volunteers of America. September 2016 We participated in the 10 year anniversary of the City of Rochester's Lead Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Ordinance! Read the story in the Democrat and Chronicle. Summer 2016 We produced our first newsletter! Lead for Healthcare Providers - Spring 2016 March 2016 Dr. Schaffer appeared on Fox News to discuss lead screening recommendations. TWC news interviewed Dr. Schaffer about lead in Brighton Schools' water. February 2016 MedPage Friday Feedback quotes both Dr. Schaffer and Dr. Cory-Slechta WXXI AM 1370 Connections with Evan Dawson featured Dr. Schaffer and other members of the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning on the topic: Flint, Rochester, and the Lead Problem. November/December 2015 The Lead Storyboard visited all eight Wayne County Head Start locations to help educate families about lead poisoning prevention. October 2015 Lena the Lion gave out coloring books for Lead Poisoning Prevention Week at AC-6 and Golisano Children's Hospital's trick or treat for children in the hospital. August 2015 Lead Storyboard at Baby Cafe Grand Opening on Aug 7th, Doemann Library, Bath NY and Wayne County Fair, Palmyra NY, August 10-15. May 2015 Thanks to all who participated in our May 15th conference: Collaboration to Overcome Lead Poisoning - The 2015 Upstate NY Lead Conference! Access video and downloadable materials. Jennifer Becker presented at the Finger Lakes Area Immunization Conference on May 20th; Lead An Ongoing Threat to Children's Health. April 2015 Online registration is open for our upcoming conference on May 15th: Collaboration to Overcome Lead Poisoning - The 2015 Upstate NY Lead Conference. This is made possible by a grant from the Wilson Community Pediatrics Fund March 2015 On March 4th, Dr. Schaffer presented at the NYS Lead Poisoning Prevention Advisory Council meeting in Albany. The Council is mandated by Section 1370-b of the NYS Laws of 1992. Its purpose is to review current childhood lead poisoning prevention efforts on the part of the New York State Department of Health and discuss future strategies to reduce or eliminate the risk of lead hazard exposure. View a video of the meeting At this meeting New York State also released the following statewide data: Childhood Blood Lead Testing and Incidence of Blood Lead Levels of 10 mcg/dL or Greater by Zip Code: Beginning 2003 Childhood Blood Lead Testing and Incidence of Blood Lead Levels of 10 mcg/dL ir Greater by County Map 2012 New York State Community Health Indicator Reports - Child and Adolescent Health Indicators Percentage of children more in 2009 with a lead screening by 9 months Percentage of children more in 2009 with a lead screening aged 10-17 months Percentage of children more in 2009 with a lead screening aged 18-35 months Percentage of children more in 2009 with at least two lead screenings by 36 months Incidence of confirmed high blood lead level (10 micrograms or higher per deciliter) - rate per 1,000 tested children aged <72 months November 2014 Dan Telvock of Buffalo's Investigative Post interviews Dr. Schaffer in this three-part series on lead paint contamination in Buffalo (see Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) July 2014 Facebook page launched! Like us for updates on lead’s health effects and how to prevent exposure. June 2014 Time Warner Cable News and WXXI radio interviewed Dr. Schaffer about a recently published research article: Blood Lead Concentrations and Children’s Behavioral and Emotional Problems: A Cohort Study. Jianghong Liu, PhD et al. JAMA Pediatr. April 2014 Dr. Schaffer, Dr. Byron Kennedy, and Elizabeth McDade speak about 2013 Monroe County Blood Lead Levels WXXI’s Need to Know Rochester features lead poisoning including interviews with Dr. Stanley Schaffer, Director of the WNY Lead Poisoning Resource Center and Deborah Solomon, Assistant Principal at RCSD School #10. (at 0:50-11:10 on the video) March 2014 Through successful collaborations involving the Monroe County Department of Public Health, the City of Rochester, Rochester’s Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning, the WNY Lead Poisoning Resource Center, our local insurers, and a host of other community organizations, Monroe County children’s average blood lead levels have fallen much faster over the last decade than have the average blood lead levels for NY State children and US children as a whole. See this article published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Monroe County Blood Lead Testing Data 2001-2013 Childhood Lead Toxicity Update - presentation to Seneca County HHS In-service by Dr. James Campbell 2013 and Prior The Pediatric Grand Rounds presentation “Lead Poisoning in 2013 – It Ain’t What It Used to Be” is available for CME credit to doctors and nurses who register. Dr. Schaffer’s presentation at Finger Lakes Coalition to Stop Lead Poisoning Conference, October 2012 “Lead Poisoning: Where are We Now? Where are We Going?”
