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More Misguided Budget-Cutting: Poison Control Centers
Posted by Liz Borkowski on March 7, 2011
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As part of a series on the “penny-and-pound foolish cuts the House Republicans want to impose,” the New York Times editorial board lambastes a proposal to cut federal funding to Poison Control Centers from $29 million (Obama’s request) to $2 million. This federal money only covers about 20% of the centers’ costs, but slashing it…