Elyse Wheeler signs a permission form while her son and niece wait for LEAD testing and immunization; Suzanne Phinney with Four Corners Health Dept explains the test. PCN photo by Beth Sparrow.
Four Corners Health Department is partnering with Polk County Health Department to provide free blood lead testing to children age 0-6. Public health wants to raise awareness of the dangers that lead exposures can have on a child’s development and learning. Many homes in our area were built before 1978 and may contain hazardous lead paint. The best way to know if your child has had dangerous level…
