Flint Water Crisis: Everything You Need to Know - NRDC
Oct 8, 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...
Flint water crisis | Summary, Facts, Governor, & Criminal ...
Oct 9, 2024 · Flint water crisis, human-made public health crisis (April 2014–June 2016) involving the municipal water supply system of Flint, Michigan. Tens of thousands of Flint residents were exposed to dangerous levels of lead, and outbreaks of Legionnaire disease killed at least 12 people and sickened dozens more.
Flint water crisis - Wikipedia
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]
It's been 10 years since the start of a devastating water ...
Apr 25, 2024 · Ten years ago, a water crisis began in Flint, Mich. Lead tainted the drinking water. A decade later, people are still asking if the water is safe to drink. Michigan Public's Steve Carmody reports.
Flint Water Crisis: A Step-By-Step Look At What Happened ...
Apr 20, 2016 · Lead seepage into the drinking water in Flint, Mich., has causing a major public health crisis and prompted President Obama to declare a federal state of emergency. This is how it unfolded.
Five years on, the Flint water crisis is nowhere near over
Apr 25, 2019 · But Flint failed to properly treat the water and dangerous levels of lead leached from old pipes, setting up a public health crisis that has endangered thousands of children and affected...
Flint water crisis: $626m settlement reached for lead ... - BBC
Nov 10, 2021 · A US judge has approved a $626m (£467m) settlement for victims of the 2014-15 lead water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Most of the money will go to the city's children exposed to drinking poisoned...