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>It says it in the article; you need experts to run a lead program.
>Their work had cost only around $150 million to taxpayers each year, Svendsen said, paying for around 200 full-time employees specializing in a range of environmental health issues.
>While other parts of the federal government have expertise in responding to lead poisoning, multiple federal health officials said, none are specialized in the kinds of investigations and public health surveillance that the branch does.
So, they do still have the 'experts,' they just don't want to allocate them.

$150 million dollars a year for 200 full time employees to sit on their asses and do nothing seems like huge waste to me. And to be clear, that's exactly what the CDC does.

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CDC Refuses To Help With School Lead Poisoning Because The Entire Lead Team Got Fired