flint water contamination
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#Flint: Science Series Nova to Air Episode on City’s Lead-Contaminated-Water Crisis
The Public Broadcasting Service program Nova, the most-watched science series on American television, will air an episode looking at the chemistry and engineering behind the 3-year-old lead-contaminated-water crisis in Flint, Mich. According to MLive, PBS issued a news release announcing the program, which will premiere May 31 at 9 p.m. “In a money-saving maneuver, the…
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#Flint: City Council Votes to Stop Issuing Tax Liens to Residents for Unpaid Water Bills
When news broke that more than 8,000 residents of the city of Flint, Mich., were threatened with the loss of their homes over unpaid water bills, the public outcry was loud and swift. Penalizing residents who didn’t pay a bill for water they couldn’t use was indeed ridiculous, and on Wednesday, the City Council voted…
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#Flint: Thousands of Children to Receive Food Aid to Limit Lead Exposure, but Not Those Who Left City
Thousands of children in the city of Flint, Mich., will receive additional money for nutritional foods that can help limit the effects of lead exposure, but those whose families left the city amid the water-contamination crisis are no longer eligible for the subsidy, even though they may still suffer the effects of lead poisoning. Among…
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#Flint: As Mich. Gov. Snyder Signs $100,000,000 in Aid Into Law, Residents Warned Water Filters Harbor Bacteria
It has been more than three years since the residents of Flint, Mich., have had clean water. The city had to jump through hoops to get the $100 million in federal aid promised to it, and now residents are being told to run the water in their faucets longer to cut down on bacteria growth…
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#Flint: More Than 8,000 Residents Receive Notice of Tax Liens on Their Properties for Unpaid Water Bills
Here is your regular reminder that the residents of Flint, Mich., have not had clean water for just over three years. Unfortunately, they are still expected to pay water bills for water that is neither drinkable nor usable, and on the heels of last month’s shut-offs for nonpayment of said water bills, this month, residents…
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#Flint: Mich. Legislature Approves $100,000,000 in Federal Funding to Replace Lead Pipes
The people of Flint, Mich., have been without clean water for just over three years now. While they’ve been forced to use bottled water for everything from cooking to bathing, government bureaucrats who are supposed to be working for them have allowed petty bipartisan skirmishes to prevent real solutions to the lead-contamination problem from being…
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#Flint: Mayor Says Switching City Water Source ‘Too Risky’ After Lead-Contamination Crisis
April 25 marks three years since the city of Flint, Mich., switched its water source from the city of Detroit to the Flint River, causing a massive lead-contamination crisis that has not been resolved, and on Tuesday, the city’s mayor said that switching water sources again as previously planned would be too risky and expensive.…
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#Flint: Mayor Says Mich. City Will Not Be Able to Treat Its Own Water for Another 2 Years
It has been over 1,000 days since the people of Flint, Mich., had clean water, and now the city’s mayor is telling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that because of the lengthy construction and testing process for a new water-treatment plant, it will be another two years before the city can treat its own water…
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#Flint: Government, Independent Experts Say Water System Improving; Residents Skeptical
At a town hall meeting Tuesday night meant to update the public on the status of Flint, Mich.’s water system, government and independent experts told the gathered crowd that the city’s lead-contaminated water system is improving. But after a year of being told one thing and later finding out another, the people were unmoved. Flint’s…