News

Health

Kristen Payne on lifelong benefits of reducing lead exposure

Lead Safe Schools MKE founder Kristen Payne, whose child attends a school where lead contamination required emergency remediation, considers burdens of exposure for kids and benefits of taking action.

By Nathan Denzin | Here & Now

April 16, 2025 • Southeast Region

FacebookRedditGoogle ClassroomEmail

Video Interviews

Kristen Payne

Related Stories

Lead levels and cleanup costs are high in Milwaukee schools

Marty Kanarek on persistent lead contamination in Milwaukee

Rep. Ryan Clancy on funds for lead pipe removal in Milwaukee

Sen. Chris Kapenga on the scope of Milwaukee's lead problem

More Health

A worker holds a lead service line while standing on a road, with a curb, front yards and houses out-of-focus in the background.

Health

Fewer lead water pipes remain around Wisconsin, but thousands remain unknown

Two men in suits stand at a wooden courtroom lectern with a microphone as a uniformed deputy reads documents beside them.

Health

Alleged Wisconsin fake elector accomplices plead not guilty as Trump seeks to rewrite 2020 election

Paula Tran on the health challenges facing Wisconsinites

Health

Paula Tran on the health challenges facing Wisconsinites

A sign with the words Johnson Controls, a circular logo and an address stands in a lawn next to an intersection in front of a sign reading Private Road and Absolutely No Trespassing, with out-of-focus trees, power lines and buildings in the background.

Courts

Tyco agrees to $10 million settlement with Wisconsin over PFAS contamination

A pair of hands holds a glass pipe with a silicone mouthpiece above a wood tabletop.

Health

Dane County ends safer smoking program that conflicted with Wisconsin law

A still image shows Dr. Arick Sabin seated in front of a white wall, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'La Crosse,' 'Arick Sabin, D.O.' and 'Gundersen Medical Foundation.'

Health

Dr. Arick Sabin on rising Lyme disease cases in Wisconsin