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AccuWeather.com
April 4, 2018
... said Dr. Eric Roy, founder of water filtration company Hydroviv, which was developed in response to the lead contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan. ... “Filters and water treatment devices bearing certification marks from an independent third party are a quick and easy way to ensure safer drinking water,”Ãâà...
PBS NewsHour
April 3, 2018
Barely an hour's drive from poet Tarfia Faizullah's home in Michigan, the citizens of Flint were exposed for two years to high levels of toxic lead in their drinking ... Due to improper water treatment and natural corrosion from old pipes , Flint's water supply was exposed to heavy levels of lead contamination.
Detroit Metro Times
March 27, 2018
In December, the Michigan Attorney General's Office brought felony charges against two former state-appointed emergency managers and two former city officials, alleging they used "false pretenses" to borrow $87 million by claiming it was needed to address an environmental calamity involving a limeÃâà...
WDIV ClickOnDetroit
March 26, 2018
The City of Flint Water Plant is illuminated by moonlight on January 23, 2016 in Flint, Michigan. ... Childhood blood lead levels in the city of Flint have been on a steady decline since 2006 with a historic low in 2016, according to a study led by Michigan Medicine and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
Detroit Free Press
March 23, 2018
Flint's water crisis began in April 2014, when a state-appointed emergency manager switched the city's drinking water supply from Lake Huron water treated in Detroit to Flint River water treated at the Flint Water Treatment Plant. It was a temporary, cost-saving measure, but turned out to be a disastrousÃâà...
The Detroit News
March 22, 2018
Flint — The former water utilities administrator for Flint said he purposely lied on at least two water sampling forms in a bid to alert Michigan Department of ... He testified last month that the Flint Water Treatment plant was not ready when it opened in April 2014 and he tried to warn two state environmentalÃâà...
MLive.com
March 22, 2018
FLINT, MI -- A former city utilities manager says he sent false water testing reports to the state Department of Environmental Quality, knowing they contained conflicting information about lead contamination. Michael Glasgow, the former manager and operator in charge of the Flint water treatment plant, saidÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 14, 2018
Today, guest columnist Nick Pizzi urges Ohioans to pressure environmental regulators to provide the people who work at drinking-water treatment plants with ... of operations for the Cleveland Division of Water, is contracted to provide operator training services for several utilities including Flint, Michigan.
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
March 12, 2018
In this file photo, the Flint Water Plant tower is seen, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016 in Flint, Michigan. Flint is ... The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality determined that 28 samples tested in February were above 15 parts per billion of lead, The Flint Journal reported. That compares to 20 such samples inÃâà...
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