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The Office of Environmental Justice will be part of the HHS Office of Climate Change and Health Equity and will be headed by interim director Sharunda Buchanan, who used to work at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention specializing in environmental health issues like lead exposure. In other news, President Joe Biden has scheduled a meeting today with industry leaders on the infant formula shortage.