There are five members of the NSW Right in federal cabinet: Tony Burke (home affairs), Chris Bowen (climate change and energy), Jason Clare (education), Ed Husic (industry and science), and Michelle Rowland (communications). The organization Lead Safe Schools told a Fox News affiliate: 'Until the district, city and state work proactively to address root causes of lead exposure, these testing clinics will be more performative than proactive.  'There's lead paint in almost all of the schools and buildings.

And nobody has really stepped up, either in the city or the state legislature, to make our city safer and healthier for everybody. That's the most frustrating part of it.' The agency could disperse grants to the health department through the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program to fund inspections, remediation work such as stripping the paint, and public education campaigns. The administration of President Donald Trump labeled the incident as antisemitic activity.

While it praised the university and law enforcement officials for their response, it urged the school to take enforcement actions and make policy changes. "The Task Force's review is in response to the eruption of antisemitic harassment and violence that occurred Monday, May 5 at UW's campus in Seattle," the U.S. Education Department, Health Department and General Services Administration said in a statement. Protesters, including some Jewish groups, say the government wrongly conflates their criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza with antisemitism and their advocacy for Palestinian rights with support for extremism.

The long timeline for fixing lead-lined school walls means young children could be exposed to a toxin that can harm the brain, cause learning disabilities, and damage the kidneys, heart, reproductive, and digestive systems — and may be linked to autism. Ms Cisar is shown with her twins WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Tuesday it will review an incident at the University of Washington in which pro-Palestinian protesters occupied a university building while demanding the school cut ties with Boeing over its contracts with the Israeli military.

Kristen Payne, a parent whose oldest child attends Golda Meir school where a student tested positive, told the New York Times: 'Frankly, I just sort of trusted that there would have been appropriate upkeep in the facilities, especially following what was happening with Covid. The university said on Tuesday thirty pro-Palestinian protesters who occupied the building late on Monday were arrested, and online tutoring now charges of trespassing, property destruction and disorderly conduct would be referred to prosecutors.

The CDC also offers technical support for testing for lead levels in the blood and reading help near me water, cleaning safely, and training public health officials, school staff, and environmental inspectors to better handle hazards effectively and safely. Kristen Payne, a parent at Golda Meir school where a student tested positive, told the New York Times that she assumed the facilities would be properly maintained, especially after Covid.

A student attending Golda Meir School (shown) was poisoned  The Trump administration has threatened universities with federal funding cuts over pro-Palestinian campus protests against Israel's military assault on Gaza following Palestinian Hamas militants' October 2023 attack in Israel.