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MPS says it will clean up lead paint in 100+ schools by the end of the year. How?
Milwaukee Public Schools leaders announced their lead remediation plan for the 106 schools in the district built before 1978.
Milwaukee’s Lead Crisis: Flaky Paint, Closed Schools and a C.D.C. in Retreat
Some children were exposed to lead and investigators found flaking paint inside aging schools. Two federal experts, expected ...
Milwaukee announces additional school closures, new plan to address lead paint hazards as contamination crisis deepens
Milwaukee announced Monday the temporary closure of two more schools as the city works to address a lead crisis in its public ...
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Decades after it was banned in homes, lead-based paint remains hazardous to Utahns
SALT LAKE CITY — It's been nearly 50 years since lead-based paint was banned in home construction ... a health educator with Salt Lake County Lead Prevention poison program, took things a ...
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Lead Paint: Indiana’s Poisoned Children
Lead Paint: Indiana’s Poisoned Children is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...
Chicago, New York, Philadelphia districts have also struggled to manage lead paint hazards
That's not just a Milwaukee Public Schools problem.
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Parents, MPS school board members push amid lead paint cleanup
two parent groups suggested that MPS sue the makers of lead paint that is still in the city’s schools. “As the district begins to weigh the costs of remediation of this highly toxic hazard ...