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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 ...

Citizens attended public hearing in Whitewater and demanded legislators support a wide range of reforms. //end headline wrapper ?> Wisconsin State Capitol. File photo by Dave Reid. As the weather warms up, the grass turns green and daffodils explode in a cheerful yellow riot, spirits are rising. All over our state and our nation, people are emerging from a long hibernation, getting their vaccines, and beginning to imagine what life could be like without the oppressive weight of the pandemic and the ugly, divisive politics of the last year. Optimism is as unfamiliar as the warm sun on your sh...

Wisconsin Examiner Spring at the Capitol by Josh Puetz CC BY-NC 2.0 As the weather warms up, the grass turns green and daffodils explode in a cheerful yellow riot, spirits are rising.  All over our state and our nation, people are emerging from a long hibernation, getting their vaccines, and beginning to imagine what life could be like without the oppressive weight of the pandemic and the ugly, divisive politics of the last year. Optimism is as unfamiliar as the warm sun on your shoulders on these suddenly balmy days. But the vision for recovery and improvement laid out in budget proposal...

On Monday evening, Nearby Nature Milwaukee held their second Annual African American Environmental Pioneer Awards celebration to honor people in Milwaukee