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More than 4,500 children under age 6 tested positive for lead poisoning in Wisconsin last year. It has no overt symptoms.

Cuts to the CDC's branch responsible for investigating and preventing lead poisoning has brought multiple efforts to help ...

Two Democrats part of Wisconsin's Congressional delegation are urging the nation's top health official to reinstate fired lead poisoning experts The experts were working with Milwaukee health ...

The city's request, sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was denied "due to the complete loss of (CDC's) ...

The 12206 ZIP code, which encompasses West Hill, Beverwyck and Upper Washington Avenue, has one of the state's highest concentrations of childhood lead poisoning. A little boy peers through a ...

In the Fall of 2024, some households were notified that there either may be, or are, lead water pipes supplying water to their homes. The notification is appreciated. The problem is supposed to be ...

The Chicago Department of Public Health Lead Poisoning Prevention and Healthy Homes Program is holding a panel discussion on lead poisoning and prevention.

“I can’t pick up and call my colleagues at the C.D.C. about lead poisoning anymore.” The C.D.C. is already reeling from layoffs targeting 2,400 employees, nearly one-fifth of its work forc ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Department of Public Health Lead Poisoning Prevention and Healthy Homes Program is holding a panel discussion on lead poisoning and prevention. The panel discussion ...