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There is no federal team in Milwaukee responding to lead crisis, city health department says, contrary to RFK Jr. claim
The Milwaukee Health Department said there is no team from HHS or the CDC in Milwaukee responding to the lead contamination ...
CDC's childhood lead program is still defunct, despite Kennedy's claims
RFK Jr. claimed in a Senate hearing that the childhood lead program was still being funded. But staffers remain on ...
Kennedy said a ‘team’ is in Milwaukee to help with lead contamination. The city says that’s not true
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday that the federal government has “a team in Milwaukee” helping the city address a lead crisis in its ...
'Which is it?' RFK Jr. waffles on cuts to lead poisoning prevention efforts
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced tough questions from senators about a lead poisoning crisis in public schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Milwaukee disputes RFK Jr.'s lead program claim
The federal government said its program to address and prevent childhood lead poisoning continues to operate, which came as a ...
As work continues to clear Milwaukee Public Schools of lead hazards, Starms Early Childhood Center gets a green light
Milwaukee Public Schools says it will assess 107 schools for lead hazards, and address whatever issues it finds.
This city’s lead poisoning crisis should be a national scandal
For many months now, the city of Milwaukee has been grappling with a lead poisoning crisis that has forced at least four ...
Milwaukee Public Schools says 48 schools already inspected for lead hazards, with more to come
Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) is working to eliminate lead paint hazards in all elementary schools built before 1978 by the ...
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Kennedy said a ‘team’ is in Milwaukee to help with lead contamination. The city says that’s not true
Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, about the demise of the CDC’s childhood lead poisoning prevention program, Kennedy said, “We are continuing to fund the program, and in Milwaukee, we have a team in ...