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The Flint water crisis was a 2010s public health crisis which involved the drinking water for the city of Flint, Michigan, being contaminated with lead and possibly Legionella bacteria. [2]
(A 2019 study prompted by the state of Michigan found the outbreak may be associated with the Flint water emergency but that, regardless, there was an ineffective public health response to the ...
Flint residents say they still don't trust the water: "This is an atrocity that should not have happened to nobody," said Claudia Perkins, 71. Flint marks 10 years since water crisis began, but ...
Ten years ago, the life of every Flint resident took a perilous turn when the city, under the control of a state-appointed emergency manager, began using the Flint River as its municipal water source.
In 2015 and 2016, the Michigan DEQ was criticized for its role in the Flint water crisis; agency officials repeatedly dismissed citizens' concerns about water quality in Flint, leading to a delay in addressing lead poisoning in the city's water supply.
Researchers with the University of Michigan published a study in March that found the water crisis had a sweeping effect on Flint's school-aged children, finding children were substantially behind ...
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Eric Mays, a Flint, Michigan, city council member known for activism during the city’s water crisis and for disruptive behavior at public meetings, has died.
Michigan sued the city of Flint on Wednesday in federal court over Flint's failure to approve a long-term drinking water source for residents.