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stock.adobe.com Dr. Veneshia McKinney-Whitson says lead poisoning can affect kids of all ages and is seen in about one in every 10 young patients that she sees. Milwaukee's aging housing stock and its more than 70,000 lead laterals pose a serious public health problem for the city's families. And health experts fear the problem may have grown worse — fears exacerbated by the combination of more children being at home during the pandemic year and a 37% statewide decrease in lead testing of kids. To get some perspective on lead poisoning, we turned to Dr. Veneshia McKinney-Whitson, a family ...

stock.adobe.com Common sources of lead exposure can include paint chips and dust, water contaminated by lead-coated pipes, soil contaminated with paint dust or chips and antique toys. Here's what you need to know about potential sources of lead in your home, lead testing, abatement and other services related to this public health crisis. To learn more, watch a special Listen MKE Live event at noon on April 27 at our Facebook page or on YouTube. Guests include Dr. Veneshia McKinney-Whitson, a family medicine physician and assistant professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Deanna Bran...

Testing for lead in your home Sources of lead can include paint (including chips and dust), water contaminated by lead-coated pipes, soil contaminated with paint dust or chips, antique toys, hazardous jobs, materials used in ceramics and jewelry-making, and health tonics or cosmetics imported from countries outside the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides a comprehensive description of items that can potentially be contaminated with lead, and the Milwaukee Health Department has a brief overview of potential lead sources in the home. Homes built before 1970 have the ...

Listen MKE is a collaboration between the Ideas Lab at the Journal Sentinel; WUWM 89.7-FM, Milwaukee's NPR; Milwaukee PBS; and the Milwaukee Public Library. Mayor Tom Barrett and other Milwaukee city officials will be guests for a followup Listen MKE scheduled for noon June 1. If you have questions, submit them to this form. To see past Listen MKE Live events, go here. We spoke with McKinney-Whitson about lead poisoning, safety, testing and prevention. The interview has been lightly edited for clarity. Question: How many patients do you know who have been affected by lead? Answer: I see new...

POLITICO Get the Future Pulse newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The Big Idea PASSED OVER: The Covid vaccine rollout has been riddled with data gaps from the outset, especially when it comes to patients’ race and ethnicity. And those gaps could weigh especially heavily on people of Asian descent, whose stru...