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CDC can't help MPS and Milwaukee Health Department with lead crisis
The CDC is blaming the loss of its lead experts because of mass firings from last week across federal health agencies.
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 ...
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
Most of Milwaukee's schools were built before 1978, local health officials said in their initial request to the CDC for help, ...
CDC denies Milwaukee's request for help with MPS lead poisoning probe. RFK Jr. slashed jobs.
The city's request, sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was denied "due to the complete loss of (CDC's) ...
CDC Can’t Help Fix Milwaukee Schools Lead Poisoning Problem After Cuts
One of the latest casualties has been the CDC’s lead poisoning response team at the National Center for Environmental Health, ...
A city responding to a lead crisis in schools reached out to the CDC for help. The agency’s lead experts were just fired
A CDC team helping respond to a lead crisis in Milwaukee schools was cut as part of a widespread layoffs at federal health ...