Trump administration unveils strategy to protect children from lead poisoning

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The Trump administration on Wednesday introduced a multi-agency strategy to reduce the exposure of children to lead poisoning in drinking water or in dust that is generated from old lead paint in homes and schools.

Acting Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler, along with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson unveiled the “federal lead action plan,” which is a big-picture strategy document, and not a formal regulatory proposal.

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