I'm Dan Schaefer, 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 now 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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