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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 is 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]
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 reports.
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.
But Flint failed to properly treat the water and dangerous levels of lead leached from old pipes, setting up a public health crisis that has endangered thousands of children and affected...
Lead seepage into the drinking water in Flint, Mich., has causing a major public health crisis and prompted President Obama to declare a federal state of emergency. This is how it unfolded.
Amid financial turmoil, the city switched its source of drinking water and thereby unleashed a crisis that exposed tens of thousands of residents to lead—a potent neurotoxin—and potentially carcinogenic compounds called trihalomethanes. The switch also led to outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease.
Ten years ago, Flint, Mich. switched water sources to the Flint River. The lack of corrosion control in the pipes caused lead to leach into the water supply of tens of thousands of...
In 2013, the city of Flint, Michigan faced a financial crisis. The city’s solution to their lack of funding was to stop pumping water from Detroit’s water system, and instead pump water from the Flint River.
The Flint Water Plant and its facilities on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022 in Flint. (Jake May | MLive.com) FLINT, MI -- Attorneys for seven Flint children and a former city water consultant say they are ...