CDC Responds to Salon.com Article
An April 10, 2009 article appearing on Salon.com inaccurately represents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) 2004 public health response to a request from the Washington D.C. Department of Health for assistance concerning lead in water in District of Columbia neighborhoods (Blood Lead Levels in Residents of Homes with Elevated Lead in Tap Water - District of Columbia, 2004 MMWR Dispatch Vol. 53., March 30, 2004).
An April 10, 2009 article appearing on Salon.com inaccurately represents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) 2004 public health response to a request from the Washington D.C. Department of Health for assistance concerning lead in water in District of Columbia neighborhoods (Blood Lead Levels in Residents of Homes with Elevated Lead in Tap Water - District of Columbia, 2004 MMWR Dispatch Vol. 53., March 30, 2004).
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