I’m Dan Shafer. Let’s recombobulate. 

In recent months, Milwaukee health officials have uncovered significant lead hazards in city schools, mostly due to lead-based paint. Several schools have been closed as the problem has been found to be more widespread.

In late March, city officials formally requested help from the CDC  , but in doing so, they learned that the CDC’s entire lead program had been eliminated by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 

This is a major problem. Children in the state’s largest city are being exposed to lead poisoning at their schools, and the Trump administration is not only refusing to provide assistance, they are eliminating the entire lead program that would help in cases like this one. 

Now, state and local officials must step up to do something for these kids, since Trump and RFK Jr. are gutting federal support. Milwaukee’s children deserve better.

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