Lead Exposure and Management in Children - October 26, 2022

We often think of water as the source for lead exposure, but do you know all the other different ways lead can be contaminating our environment and harming our children? Learn how to spot other problematic sources of lead from a parent's home, their workplace, and even where they shop and discover what health professionals can do to guide parents on the best way to mitigate harmful exposure to children. 
 
Speaker:  Stephanie Lee, MD

Dr.  Lee is a pediatrician at Penn State Health St Joseph community hospital and a preventive medicine specialist. She received her pediatric training in Orange County, California and completed a Master in Public Health at the University of South Carolina along with her preventive medicine and public health fellowship. After realizing in clinic how much a child's environment impacts their health, she now focuses her advocacy on climate action and environmental health issues using traditional and social media for health communication and education.