"WASHINGTON — The Trump administration released an “action plan” Wednesday against devastating childhood exposure to lead, but critics said it held little new to protect millions of American children living with high levels of the metal.
Children in at least 4 million American households are exposed to high levels of lead, including through old, chipped lead-based paint, or contaminated dust and soil, water and air, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A half-million children ages 5 or younger have blood-borne lead at levels that should trigger public-health intervention, the CDC said.
Flanked by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, acting Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler called the strategy developed by a 17-agency task force a “roadmap to reduce lead exposure nationwide.”"
Ellen Knickmeyer reports for the Associated Press December 19, 2018.
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