Tag: Flint
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Trump signs water projects bill with aims in Flint, Florida
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a wide-ranging bill to improve the nation’s water infrastructure, including a Florida project intended to reduce toxic algae blooms that have devastated coastal marine life and emptied beaches. The new law will help create a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee designed to filter out toxins that contribute…
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Michael Moore’s Flint water movie claims county faked kids’ lead blood tests
April Cook Hawkins takes her seat on stage during the live filming of a special "All In With Chris Hayes," which aired Wednesday, Sept. 13, on MSNBC. (Kaiti Sullivan | The Flint Journal) FLINT, MI — A former Genesee County Health Department secretary is dropping a Flint water crisis bombshell, claiming her boss told her…
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Judge Orders Michigan Health Director to Face Trial Over Flint Water Crisis Deaths
Photo: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon, seen here speaking to the press about the Flint water crisis in 2016, will be the highest ranking official to stand trial over the public health disaster. Brett Carlsen / Getty Images Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon will be…
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Flint: EPA Upholds State Ability to Set Deadlines to Fix Deficiencies in Water System
Flint Mayor Karen Weaver. Photo: Brett Carlsen (Getty Images) As of Thursday, the people of Flint, Michigan, have gone 1,569 days without a clean and stable water system in their city. The lead service line are in the process of being replaced, and the government keeps telling them that their water is safer now —…
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Flint water bottles become Genusee eyeglass frames
In January 2016, Michigan native Ali VanOverbeke, 28, returned home from working as a designer for a clothing company in New York City to volunteer with the Red Cross to help with the Flint water crisis. Every day, she delivered cases and cases of bottled water. “One of the first things that came to mind…
