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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 ...
Flint water crisis lawsuit created legal precedent. In 2016, I became the lead plaintiff in Mays v. Snyder, a lawsuit I and others brought against the state and some individuals in an attempt to ...
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 ...
The post $25M settlement reached in Flint, Michigan, lead-tainted water crisis appeared first on TheGrio. Settlement covers more than 45,000 residents FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A second contractor ...
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.
The Flint water crisis started in 2014 when the city switched water sources and lead, a neurotoxin particularly dangerous to children, leached into the city's water supply. As the city struggled ...
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.