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In areas where water lead levels were considered high at ≥ 15 ppb, which is the maximum amount of lead allowed in water per the Safe Drinking Water Act Lead and Copper Rule, the average proportion of Flint children with elevated blood-lead levels rose from 4% to 10.6%. [9]
The city continued to claim the water was safe, even as a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency manager told the state that the chemistry of the Flint River allowed for contaminants from pipes ...
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 ...
A Michigan judge's order dismissing charges against seven people in the Flint water scandal is the latest development in a crisis that started in 2014. April 2014: To save money, Flint begins ...
She then started to make the link with water that started to change color and to flow brown. [1] [3] After the city tested the water supply in February 2015, Walters started investigating lead contamination and discovered that the water in her home had 104 parts of lead per billion. [2] [4] Her house was the first in being tested. [5]
The Flint Water Plant tower is seen, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 in Flint, Mich. A second contractor says it has reached a $25 million settlement over its role in Flint’s lead-contaminated water scandal.
The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy is a 2018 book by journalist Anna Clark that examines the Flint water crisis. The book has five "positive" reviews, seven "rave" reviews, and one "mixed" review, according to review aggregator Book Marks .
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A second contractor said Thursday that it has reached a $25 million settlement over its role in Flint, Michigan’s lead-contaminated water scandal.