Tag: Michigan
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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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Report finds toxins in dozens of public water systems across the USA
Photo: US Environmental Protection Agency’s Peter Grevatt and Cosmo Servidio listen to members of the public comment during a PFAS Community Stakeholder Meeting in Horsham, Pennsylvania on July 25, 2018. AP HORSHAM, Pa. (AP) — Lauren Woeher wonders if her 16-month-old daughter has been harmed by tap water contaminated with toxic industrial compounds used in…
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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…
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What we know about PFAS contamination in Parchment drinking water
PARCHMENT, MI — Residents using Parchment’s municipal water supply were told on July 26 to immediately stop drinking the water after high levels of PFAS were discovered in the municipal water source. Public health experts link exposure to the chemicals with increased risk for cancer, liver damage and other serious ailments. Here’s what we know…
