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3 lis 2017 · Many others in the city of nearly 100,000 claimed to suffer skin rashes, shortness of breath and other health problems they associated with the water. Doctors sounded the alarm when lead was ...
25 kwi 2024 · It has been 10 years since the city of Flint switched its water source, triggering a monumental health and infrastructure crisis that’s still being dealt with today.
The Flint water crisis is a public health crisis that started in 2014 after the drinking water for the city of Flint, Michigan, was contaminated with lead and possibly Legionella bacteria. [2]
27 kwi 2024 · A decade ago, the city of Flint, Michigan, USA, received international media attention after dangerous concentrations of lead were detected in its public drinking water and in tens of thousands of residents who drank it, including young children most vulnerable to the neurotoxin.
11 lis 2021 · A judge gave final approval on Wednesday to a $626 million settlement for residents of Flint, Michigan, who sued the state over contamination of their drinking water by lead and bacteria in...
26 kwi 2024 · Ten years ago, Flint, Mich. switched water sources to the Flint River. The lack of corrosion control in the pipes caused lead to leach into the water supply of tens of thousands of residents.
8 paź 2024 · A story of environmental injustice and bad decision-making that has yet to be fully resolved, the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, began on April 25, 2014, when the city switched its...
