Employees whose work focused on childhood lead exposure and cancer clusters were among those terminated from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to a former staffer.

The ex-employee told The Hill that approximately 200 people — the entire permanent staff — at the CDC’s Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice (DEHSP) were cut.

Scientists, epidemiologists, and grant program administrators were reportedly among the workers who were let go from the DEHSP, which is housed within the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health.

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