Trump Admin Touts Children’s Health Programs Amid Questions About Ousting Top Scientist

From: ABCNews

“”Children’s health is a top priority at EPA, and we have made tremendous progress improving air and water quality and helping kids and families lead healthier lives,” Wheeler said in a statement Monday. Advocacy groups, however, say they have doubts about the EPA’s commitment after Office of Children’s Health Protection Director Ruth Etzel was placed on administrative leave last week. The New York Times first reported the development, with Buzzfeed later reporting that Etzel wrote in an email that the agency was trying to “disappear” that office.”

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