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CHENANGO COUNTY – Chenango County Department of Health will conduct its 2017 Lead Walk next week to educate local communities on the dangers of lead and lead poisoning.

The department will visit the towns of Afton, Bainbridge, Greene, Oxford, New Berlin, Sherburne, Earlville, and South Otselic, as well as the City of Norwich, to relay important lead-related information to county residents.

Beginning on May 23 and lasting through the end of the month, staff of the Chenango County Department of Health will be leaving green doorknob hangers on people's front doors across the county with containing educational information regarding lead poisoning.