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Staff who worked on lead, asthma let go from CDC |
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. |
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 has worked on issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning and cancer clusters. The former employee noted that these divisions do crucial work to protect public health, pointing out, for example, that it helped discover lead contamination in applesauce pouches that were popular with kids. The person also noted that the division had staffers who would be able to help respond in case there was a nuclear event, such as an attack or nuclear plant meltdown. National Center for Environmental Health Director Ari Bernstein said in an internal email that the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice had been "slated to be eliminated in its entirety," E&E News previously reported. "There was just the wholesale elimination of the division that eliminates, essentially, the program that protects children from lead, from air pollution and asthma, from emergencies like fires," said Patrick Breysse, the former director of the National Center for Environmental Health, which houses the environmental health division. "People are going to suffer from this for decades," Breysse told The Hill. Read more at TheHill.com. |
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Two Colorado Democrats are urging renewed bipartisan support for legislation that would seek to improve working conditions for federal firefighters. |
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The Trump administration identified 16 sites for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers Thursday on land owned by the Department of Energy. |
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Senate Democrats in a Wednesday letter criticized the Trump administration's response to a recent earthquake in Myanmar that left thousands dead. |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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Leaked slides: DOGE playing star role in DOE kill list drama (E&E News) Flood risks getting worse along U.S. coastlines, new analysis shows (Floodlight)
Oil and metals prices fall on concerns about the global economy. (The New York Times)
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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The White House on Thursday defended its decision to not include Russia, North Korea, Cuba or Belarus in the latest round of tariffs, which targeted dozens of global trading partners that were labeled the "worst offenders" when it came to trade barriers. Read more |
| The unveiling of President Trump's new tariffs included some big surprises as economists and trading partners sifted through which countries were hit the highest rates and who was spared. Read more |
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