Tag: lead poisoning

Why Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ is a Disaster for People with Disabilities

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   What’s already changing for people with disabilities now that President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” has been signed into law? From pediatric clinics closing their doors to looming cuts in home and community-based services, the […]

Stealing our children’s potential: The failure of lead poisoning policy

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   We talk a lot about how our healthcare system fails us when we get sick, but what about when regulators fail to PREVENT ILLNESS?  Case in point: lead poisoning. It’s not just a danger […]

From Healthy Infant to Lead Poisoned? One Family’s Harrowing Journey

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Imagine discovering that your infant child—your nine-month-old baby—has lead poisoning – a toxin banned from paint and phased out of gasoline decades ago. So why do thousands of children each year have dangerously high levels […]