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| | Department of Health: Community Health (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | To educate the public about lead in Mexican candies, the New Mexico Department of Health distributed about 1,000 posters titled, “Toxic Treats,” to public elementary schools, Head Start programs and Women, Infants and Children (WIC) programs throughout the state. |
 | | In the new millenium, the mission of public health organizations remains the same; to assure the conditions in which all of us can be healthy. |
 | | New challenges such as the possibility of bioterorism, increased alcohol and substance abuse, escalating diabetes and obesity in children, all keep the public health workforce learning and implementing new strategies to keep the population healthy. |
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