US EditionA city responding to a lead crisis in schools reached out to the CDC for help. The agency’s lead experts were just fired
- Milwaukee faced a lead crisis after a child's elevated lead level was discovered in January.
- The discovery prompted an investigation into the child's home and subsequently, their school.
- This investigation expanded to dozens of aging school buildings with lead paint, affecting the 68,000-student district.
- The child's lead level was near 15, far exceeding the CDC threshold of 3.5 micrograms.
- Federal health worker layoffs threaten Milwaukee's access to CDC support, hindering their ability to address this crisis.
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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 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a now former employee told The Hill. The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was cut, according to one person who was among the approximately 200 fired from the division. This division works on issues such as asthma and air …
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