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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]
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 ...
The switch, which took place April 25, 2014, triggered a cascade of problems with the water quality in Flint. Lead, a neurotoxin, leached from the city's aging pipes and into the water that flowed ...
Dotson was 13 when the state-appointed Flint city manager tried to save money by switching the municipal water source to the Flint River in April 2014 without ensuring it was treated with adequate ...
FLINT — For the first time since the water crisis began in 2014, a presidential campaign event was held in Flint Tuesday with no mention of the lead poisoning of the city's drinking water supply
Poisoned Water For over a year, Scripps News Investigates has been pulling back the curtain on Flint, Michigan's struggle to recover from the deadly water crisis, which thrust the city into the ...
The state of Michigan agreed in 2020 to pay $600 million for its role in what came to be known as the Flint water crisis, and the city of Flint settled for $20 million in the same massive lawsuit.
Settlement covers more than 45,000 residents. FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A second contractor said Thursday that it has reached a $25 million settlement over its role in Flint, Michigan’s lead ...