A US judge has approved a $626m (£467m) settlement for victims of the 2014-15 lead water crisis in Flint, Michigan ... As a result, lead in some old pipes broke off and flowed through taps.
The state of Michigan has committed to finally remove the toxic lead pipes remaining at hundreds of homes in Flint, a lingering threat exposed earlier this year by Scripps News. (Scripps News ...
There has been no official comment from the Michigan state government yet. Anyone who lived in Flint between ... to leach from the pipes. Residents started noticing that tap water sometimes ...
Flint, Michigan, near where I live ... It's because when acidic, chlorinated water flows through pipes, it destroys their coating, allowing lead to leach in. This is a totally avoidable problem ...
Among Democrats in Congress and in Michigan, U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township ... saw levels of lead leaching out of its drinking water pipes and into residents' taps skyrocket, causing ...
The state says it’s working with contractors to schedule and complete a limited number of remaining water service line excavations and restorations of lawns and sidewalks where the work has already ...
The roots of Flint's water crisis go back to when the city decided to switch water authorities. Here's a look at how the crisis unfolded. By Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press ...
FLINT, Michigan — In 2015, testing at Freeman Elementary in southeast Flint, Michigan, revealed that drinking water in the school had the highest lead levels of all buildings in the district.
Flint — A business owner believed to be responsible for the release of about 15,000 gallons of an oil-chemical mix into the Flint River in June 2022 faces several felony charges in relation to ...