Lead Poisoning Case Study

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According to the article, Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke out recently that he expected a federal monitor could be appointed to supervise the city’s housing authority, as he addressed that the city had failed for years to do required lead-paint inspections in thousands of public housing apartments. Unfortunately the problems with lead poisoning began to struck again when the head of the New York City Housing Authority signed off false certification sent to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, attesting to lead paint inspections that did not occur. Two children were found to have elevated lead levels from their uninspected apartments, city officials said Monday, though they appeared to have no lasting health problems as a result. The