flint water crisis
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Flint Just Replaced Its First Lead Pipe (Only About 8000 More To Go)
The long journey to restore safe water to the city of Flint, Michigan has finally begun: The first lead service line was swapped with copper pipe today.
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Flint Mayor Knew About Bad Water’s Direct Connection To Legionnaires Disease Outbreak
Just as Flint residents began to realise the severity of their water crisis, US public health officials became alarmed about an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, which ended up killing nine people in the city. Emails just made public show that Michigan leaders were made aware of the connection between lead and the disease almost a…
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Flint May Be Ordered By A US Federal Court To Replace Its Lead Pipes
The water contamination scandal in Flint has led to plenty of legal action, but new lawsuit filed this week finally has some teeth. A coalition of advocacy groups allege that by switching drinking water sources, Flint officials violated the US federal Safe Drinking Water Act, meaning a US federal court could order Flint to replace…