Dr. Maida Galvez Quoted in Health.com Article on Lead

As health professionals weigh in on what families can do in the aftermath of lead poisoning in Flint, MI and many other communities, Dr. Maida Galvez discussed symptoms, prevention, and treatment in a Health.com article titled ‘The Lead Poisoning Symptoms Everyone Should Know.’ ‘“The biggest misconception about lead is the notion that this is a problem that has gone away,”’ says Dr. Galvez, who leads the Region 2 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit and serves as an associate professor of Preventive Medicine and Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.