Investigation: Thousands Of Families Not Notified About Lead Levels

The Milwaukee Health Department is sending letters to eight-thousand families telling them tests have found their children have high levels of lead in their blood.  The problem is, in some cases those letters should have gone out nearly three years ago.  The testing was done, the letters evidently produced, but never mailed.  It is a legal requirement that health providers make those notifications.  The Milwaukee Common Council has voted to allow an outside firm to audit the health department.