Help is available to residents who are concerned about potential medical problems associated with their environment following Superstorm Sandy. According to Commissioner of Health Services James Tomarken, Suffolk County and Stony Brook Medicine’s Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine have an ongoing relationship that enables health officials to effectively manage situations in which environmental contaminants are a concern.
County Executive Bellone wishes you a safe holiday season. To that effect, he would like to ensure those residents who have natural Christmas trees follow some important fire and safety measures.
As stated in County Resolution 689, the Suffolk County Tick and Vector-Borne Diseases Task
Force was created to study the spread of tick and vector-borne related diseases and to develop a comprehensive needs assessment.