This interview is from Oct. 20 2025, and has been edited for clarity.
The week of October 19 is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, though efforts are present yearround.
NewsChannel 9 spoke with the Onondaga County Health Commissioner, Dr. Katie Anderson about this issues related to lead poisoning and the efforts to mitigate it.
Good to see you again. Thanks for being here. We appreciate it.
Thanks for having me.
I think, fairly, there's been a good deal of attention the past several months about issues of lead coming from water service lines in the city. We've talked about it before. But what is your level of concern there with that issue?
That's an area where we've been in close communication with the city for some time, and I'm happy to report that the faulty testing that was