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Healthy Communities Senior Media Relations Specialist

Members of the Hyperbolics mime holding up the U.S. Capitol building. Emotions were high after a full day of advocating for reducing lead exposure and lead poisoning for kids just like them.
November 10, 2025

Protecting Americans’ Health Starts with Fixing Our Country’s Lead Problem

By Erin Fitzgerald & Tylar Greene  /  Toxic Exposure & Health Program

Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is a reminder that people living in the United States are still regularly exposed to multiple sources of lead in their lives.

A woman examines a medium-sized clear bucket labeled "Louisiana Bucket Brigade"
March 29, 2024

How Gulf of Mexico Residents Are Pushing Back on the Oil and Gas Industry

By Alison Cagle & Erin Fitzgerald  /  Gulf Regional Office

Locals aren’t letting dirty industry expand in the Gulf without a fight.

March 10, 2021

Ningún ‘Refugio’ Para Menores

By Erin Fitzgerald & Robert Valencia  /  Florida Office

Esto es lo que la Administración Biden debe saber sobre el centro de detención de menores que planean reabrir en la Florida.

Photo of hundreds of bunk beds in the dormitory at Homestead Detention Center, Biscayne, Florida.
March 10, 2021

This Is No ‘Shelter’ for Children

By Erin Fitzgerald & Robert Valencia  /  Florida Office

Here's what the Biden team must know about the detention center they plan to reopen in Florida.