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Detroit can’t recover economically with lead-poisoned children
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on February 20, 2013
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The headlines in Detroit are focused on the city’s financial woes, but the city’s future is at additional risk because of lead poisoned children in the city’s public schools.
Good Government Programs: Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units
Posted by Liz Borkowski on March 8, 2011 Given how many complaints we’ve been hearing lately about wasteful government spending, I thought this might be a good time to highlight some lesser-known, worthwhile government-funded programs that promote public health. (Core agency functions, like EPA’s Clean Air Act enforcement, are also crucial for public health, but I trust this audience is already fairly familiar…