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Upstate pediatrician Travis Hobart, MD, is the medical director of the Central and Eastern New York Lead Poisoning Resource Center.
Upstate pediatrician Travis Hobart, MD, is the medical director of the Central and Eastern New York Lead Poisoning Resource Center.

Lead poisoning in children: its causes, effects and prevention

One of the worst lead poisoning crises in America is in Syracuse, where up to one in five children in some neighborhoods have elevated lead levels in their blood. Travis Hobart, MD, explains why lead is so dangerous to children, a common source of lead and what's being done to reduce exposure. He is the medical director of the Central and Eastern New York Lead Poisoning Resource Center and is an assistant professor of pediatrics and of public health and preventive medicine at Upstate. 

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