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Each year, National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is a call to bring together individuals, organizations, and state and local governments to reduce childhood exposure to lead. Lead is toxic, especially in young children. Even low levels of lead in a child’s blood can result in damage to the brain and nervous system, learning and behavior...
By Farrah Anderson / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch Sept. 3, 2023 Lead is a serious public health hazard — a neurotoxin that damages the brain and
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is highlighting the importance of lead poisoning prevention by visiting home lead abatement projects around the state and for the first time this
A recent study has found that lead levels in the blood of Wisconsin’s children are more than double the national rate.
Vermont unemployment rate falls to 2.9 percent The Vermont seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate fell again and at 2.9 percent in March is back under 3 percent for the first time since just before the pandemic hit in early 2020. The rate reflects a decrease of one-tenth of one percentage point from the prior month’s revised estimate of 3.0 percent. Vermont now is tied for the lowest rate in the nation with three Western states. There are still over 28,000 filing unemployment claims in Vermont. While this about a third the number of filers from the peak of the pandemic, it is still historica...