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CDC can no longer help prevent lead poisoning in children, state officials say
On April 1, the staff of the CDC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program was terminated as part of the agency's ...
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 ...
STAT2d
In its flagship journal, the CDC keeps publishing papers after firing scientists who made the research possible
In its flagship journal, the CDC keeps publishing papers after firing scientists who made the research possible.
Wisconsin Watch2d
RFK Jr. claims federal ‘team’ is in Milwaukee for school lead crisis; city says there isn’t
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate committee there was a federal “team” in Milwaukee from the CDC’s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. The ...
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 ...
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Kennedy said a ‘team’ is in Milwaukee to help with lead contamination. The city says that’s not true
In response to questions Tuesday from Sen. 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 ...