The water tower at the Flint Water Plant in Michigan.

‘Kids don’t get a second chance’: EPA staff fear cuts to health programs under Trump

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency’s advisory panel on children’s health gathered last week to consider a few items that had long been on its agenda: getting lead out of water, cutting pollution-related asthma, and educating doctors about toxins in toys.

The panel also took up an issue that few members could have foreseen several months ago: keeping the program off the chopping block.