Tag: Flint
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How a Pediatrician Became a Detective
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha playfully talked to 2-month-old patient Taeyana Brown who has had to drink only bottled water since her birth due to Flint’s ongoing water crisis. Photo: Brittany Greeson for The New York Times Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha exposed the lead poisoning of children in Flint, Michigan FLINT, Mich. — Lead. It was real. I…
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State puts Flint on notice for not fixing water system deficiencies
The Flint water plant is shown in this Flint Journal file photo. FLINT, MI — The city has failed to fix water system problems identified by the state more than nine months ago and now must agree to a schedule for correcting them. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has told Mayor Karen Weaver that…
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Flint Activist LeeAnne Walters Wins Major Environmental Prize
LeeAnne Walters, a recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize, was key in exposing the crisis of lead-laced water in Flint, Mich. A Flint activist who worked to expose the Michigan city’s lead crisis is being hailed as an environmental hero. She’s one of the winners of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize. The honor, announced on…
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Will Smith, Jaden Smith’s biz will donate water to Flint until lead down in schools
In this Aug. 1, 2016 file photo, Jaden Smith, left, and his father Will Smith attend the world premiere of “Suicide Squad” in New York. The Smiths have founded an eco-friendly bottled-water company called Just, which is unveiling a new line of flavored waters next month. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)(Evan Agostini) FLINT, MI –…
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How a private water company brought lead to Pittsburgh’s taps
Credit: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar “The levels in Pittsburgh are comparable to those reported in Flint” In the summer of 2015, Metropolis Magazine named Pittsburgh one of the world’s “ most livable ” cities and gushed about its infrastructure, “The city has more vertical feet of public stairways than San Francisco, Cincinnati, and Portland, Oregon,…
