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"Milwaukee Faces Lead Crisis Without CDC Experts RFK Jr. Fired"

"When Milwaukee officials discovered in January that lead paint in school buildings had poisoned kids, they called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." "“The people who were answering our questions are just gone,” City Health Commissioner Michael Totoraitis said in an interview after the firings Tuesday at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

Source: E&E News, 04/07/2025

Nearly Half of NWS Offices Have 20% Vacancy Rates. Experts Say It’s A Risk

"After Trump administration job cuts, nearly half of National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates — twice that of just a decade ago — as severe weather chugs across the nation’s heartland, according to data obtained by The Associated Press."

Source: AP, 04/07/2025

Rising Rivers Threaten US South and Midwest After Dayslong Torrent Of Rain

"Rivers rose and flooding worsened Sunday across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly damaged by days of heavy rain and wind that killed at least 18 people."

Source: AP, 04/07/2025

How the Potomac Imparts the Capital’s Story

The Potomac is one of the most prominent rivers in the United States, a defining ecological feature of Washington, D.C., at the same time it reveals the city’s history of racial inequality and disenfranchisement. Writer, historian, educator and herbalist Charlotte Taylor Fryar recounts that tale in her ambitious “Potomac Fever,” reviewed in the latest BookShelf by contributing editor Jennifer Weeks, herself a Washington native.

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After Outcry, Brazil Supreme Court Nixes Mining On Indigenous Lands

"Brazil’s Supreme Court backed down and withdrew its proposal to open up Indigenous territories to mining and economic activities from a controversial bill that critics say violates the Constitution."

Source: Mongabay, 04/04/2025

Deadly Mosquito-Borne Illness Rises As US Cuts All Climate-Health Funding

"Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, issued an urgent alert about dengue fever, a painful and sometimes deadly mosquito-borne illness common in tropical and subtropical parts of the world. Some 3,500 travelers from the United States contracted dengue abroad in 2024, according to the CDC, an 84 percent increase over 2023."

Source: Grist, 04/04/2025

CDC Fires Staff Working On Childhood Lead Exposure And Cancer Clusters

"Staff members who fought childhood lead exposure and those who worked on cancer clusters were among those fired from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a now former employee told The Hill."

Source: The Hill, 04/04/2025

Firing National Park and Forest Workers Stresses Nearby Communities

"As government agencies slash staff managing federal lands, rural populations dependent on outdoor tourism face mounting economic and environmental risks that are trickling down from the cuts."

Source: Inside Climate News, 04/03/2025

Calif., 23 States Sue Trump HHS Over Cuts To CDC Infectious-Disease Funds

"California and a coalition of other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plans to cut billions of dollars in federal public health grants designed to make states more resilient to infectious disease, and accused the administration of overreaching its authority by clawing back funding already allocated by Congress."

Source: LA Times, 04/03/2025

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