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Apr 25, 2024 · Ten years ago, a water crisis began in Flint, Mich. Lead tainted the drinking water. A decade later, people are still asking if the water is safe to drink. Michigan Public's Steve Carmody...
Apr 16, 2024 · A story of environmental injustice and bad decision-making that has yet to be fully resolved, the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, began on April 25, 2014, when the city switched its...
The Flint water crisis was a public health crisis that started in 2014 after the drinking water for the city of Flint, Michigan was contaminated with lead and possibly Legionella bacteria. [2]
Jun 27, 2024 · Flint water crisis, human-made public health crisis (April 2014–June 2016) involving the municipal water supply system of Flint, Michigan. Tens of thousands of Flint residents were exposed to dangerous levels of lead, and outbreaks of Legionnaire disease killed at least 12 people and sickened dozens more.
Apr 24, 2024 · FLINT, Mich. — Ten years ago, smiling politicians posed for cameras while pushing a button, swapping the main tap water source for this majority-Black, impoverished city to the Flint River ...
Jun 28, 2022 · FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan Supreme Court order that charges related to the Flint water scandal against former Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and seven other people must be dismissed is the latest development in the crisis that started in 2014.
Nov 11, 2021 · A federal judge approved a $626 million settlement Wednesday with tens of thousands of people in Flint, Michigan, who sued the state and others after their drinking water was tainted by lead.
Mar 23, 2023 · As the ripple effects of the Flint water crisis continue, Michigan is dealing with a whole new slew of problems managing one of the world's largest sources of fresh water. A growing problem...
Nov 10, 2021 · FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge’s approval Wednesday of a $626 million settlement for Flint residents and others who were exposed to lead-contaminated water is the latest development in the crisis that started in 2014. That was when the city began taking water from the Flint River without treating it properly, resulting in lead ...
Apr 26, 2024 · It's been a decade since the city, attempting to save millions of dollars, inadvertently exposed more than 100,000 people, including vulnerable children, to lead seeping from aging pipes —...
