lead paint yellowstone employee housing

Housing for Yellowstone National Park employees and their families is contaminated with lead paint, according to a whistleblower disclosure filed with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel on April 27. The filing marks the second time in the past year a park employee has brought forth concerns about the safety of lead in employee housing ; this time, information included with the disclosure paints a more sweeping picture of potential lead exposure. “Thousands of Yellowstone employees and their families have been and/or are currently being exposed to harmful levels of lead through the paint in the