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RFK Jr.'s cuts to CDC lead poisoning team bring efforts to help tribes, health departments to a standstill
Cuts to the CDC's branch responsible for investigating and preventing lead poisoning has brought multiple efforts to help ...
Layoffs and funding delays could slow fight against lead, experts say
Up to half a million children in the United States suffer from dangerous levels of lead contamination, according to the CDC.
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Staff working on childhood lead exposure and cancer clusters fired from CDC
Staff members who fought childhood lead exposure and those who worked on cancer clusters were among those who were fired from ...
CDC denies Milwaukee’s request for help with unsafe lead levels in public schools
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has denied a request fromMilwaukee’s public health department for ...
Recent layoffs stop CDC from helping with lead contamination at Milwaukee schools
Officials for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention denied Milwaukee Public Schools officials' request for help with ...
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CDC can't help MPS and Milwaukee Health Department with lead crisis
The city of Milwaukee Health Department requested the CDC's help March 26 with the investigation of lead exposure in ...
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Protect Our Kids or Pay the Price: Federal Cuts Leave Families Vulnerable to Lead Poisoning
Federal funding cuts targeting critical environmental health initiatives at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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CDC can’t help MPS and Milwaukee Health Department with lead crisis
“My entire division was eliminated today,” a ... Kennedy Jr. said April 3 when asked about the cutting of the CDC’s lead poisoning prevention and surveillance branch. He also said that ...