A city responding to a lead crisis in schools reached out to the CDC for help. The agency’s lead experts were just fired

CDC layoffs disrupt Milwaukee lead testing efforts in public schools

Milwaukee Public Schools' lead testing plans face setbacks as CDC layoffs impact federal support. Health officials request additional aid.

Nearly 250 MPS students tested for lead as district axes facilities director

Hundreds of students in the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) have been tested for lead poisoning as the district continues navigating controversy after several school closures due to lead contamination. City officials said during a Thursday morning press conference that 249…

Groveland officials provide lead pipe update

GROVELAND — Superintendent Colin Stokes and the Groveland Water and Sewer Department recently provided the following update on efforts to identify and eradicate any remaining lead service water lines owned by residents and businesses in town.

Shake up in leadership for lead cleanup in MPS

MILWAUKEE — Senior facilities director for Milwaukee Public Schools Sean Kane has been immediately removed from his position in the district. This comes as the district and Milwaukee Health Department continues to work to remove lead dust from MPS schools. Kane worked within MPS for 25 years and in 2021, was hired as the senior facilities director without the required architecture license. He didn’t renew his license until three years later, in …

MPS director of facilities, CDC experts terminated amid lead remediation efforts

Sean Kane, who was helping oversee the lead issues in the district, was "seperated from the district." Other experts were terminated in HHS cuts.

Staff working on childhood lead exposure and cancer clusters fired from CDC

Staff members who fought childhood lead exposure and those who worked on cancer clusters were among those who were fired from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a now former employee told The Hill. The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was cut, according to one person who was among the approximately 200 fired from the division. This division works on issues such as asthma and air …