beSpacific<p>On April 1 staff of CDC's Childhood <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Lead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lead</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Poisoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poisoning</span></a> Prevention Program was terminated as part of agency's reduction in force. The staff included <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/epidemiologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epidemiologists</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/statisticians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statisticians</span></a>, and advisors who specialized in lead exposures and responses. The cuts were immediately consequential to health officials in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Milwaukee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Milwaukee</span></a>, who are currently dealing with a lead <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/exposure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exposure</span></a> crisis in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publicschools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicschools</span></a> Six schools have had to close, displacing 1,800 students. <a href="https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/05/cdc-can-no-longer-help-prevent-lead-poisoning-in-children-state-officials-say/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/health/2025/05</span><span class="invisible">/cdc-can-no-longer-help-prevent-lead-poisoning-in-children-state-officials-say/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p>