DiNapoli: Health Dept. needs to improve oversight of lead poisoning program
Albany, N.Y. — The state Department of Health needs to improve its monitoring of New York’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Program on the local level to ensure children with elevated blood lead levels are receiving required services, according to an audit released earlier this month by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli . “Lead poisoning poses a major health risk to children and can cause anemia, hearing loss,