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Milwaukee’s Lead Crisis: Flaky Paint, Closed Schools and a C.D.C. in Retreat
Some children were exposed to lead and investigators found flaking paint inside aging schools. Two federal experts, expected to help guide the response, have lost their jobs.
CDPH holding lead poisoning and prevention panel
The Chicago Department of Public Health Lead Poisoning Prevention and Healthy Homes Program is holding a panel discussion on lead poisoning and prevention.
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HHS staff working on childhood lead exposure and cancer clusters fired
This division works on such issues as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning and cancer ... for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the HHS, which ...
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RFK Jr. says 20% of health agency layoffs could be mistakes
Kennedy said that the elimination of the Centers for Disease Control and ... Multiple CDC officials said they had so far not heard of plans to reinstate the lead poisoning program.
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A city responding to a lead crisis in schools reached out to the CDC for help. The agency’s lead experts were just fired
The CDC lost roughly 2,500 workers on Tuesday. In some cases, whole divisions and programs were wiped out. One of those was the Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance Branch in the agency’s ...
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Carbon monoxide poisoning kills hundreds of Americans each year. Here's how to stay safe.
People who are sleeping or drunk can die from CO poisoning before they have symptoms," the CDC warns. Anyone can be at risk for CO poisoning, but infants, the elderly and people with chronic heart ...
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A city responding to a lead crisis in schools reached out to the CDC for help. The agency’s lead experts were just fired
The CDC lost roughly 2,500 workers on Tuesday. In some cases, whole divisions and programs were wiped out. One of those was the Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance Branch in the agency’s ...
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A city responding to a lead crisis in local schools reached out to the CDC for help. Now, they fear they won’t get it
The CDC lost roughly 2,500 workers on Tuesday. In some cases, whole divisions and programs were wiped out. One of those was the Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance Branch in the agency’s ...