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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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Snoop Dogg Will Help Raise Money for Water in Flint, Mich., by Appearing at Fundraising Celebrity Basketball Game
Long Beach, Calif., rapper and entertainer Snoop Dogg will be on hand with other celebrities to help raise money for the Flint, Mich., water crisis during the second annual Hoop 4 Water celebrity basketball game next month. According to MLive, the event is organized by the Morris Peterson Jr. Foundation and is scheduled to take…
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#Flint: Queen Latifah, Jill Scott to Star in Lifetime Film on City’s Water Crisis
In news from the “Why weren’t we told this before?” section, Queen Latifah, Jill Scott, Betsy Brandt and Marin Ireland are all set to star in the upcoming Lifetime original movie Flint, based on the Michigan city’s lead-contaminated-water crisis. Deadline reports that Queen Latifah will also serve as executive producer on the project. It will…
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#Flint: Cher Drops Out of Lifetime Movie Project Based on City Water Crisis
From the “Whew, glad that’s over” news file: Cher will no longer be a part of the Lifetime network’s Flint, a TV movie based on the nearly 3-year-old water crisis in the Michigan city. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the actress is dropping out of the project because of a family issue that would prevent…
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#Flint: Former Mich. Health Official Ordered to Write Letter of Apology to Residents for Water Crisis
The former director of disease control for the state of Michigan was sentenced to probation Monday and ordered to write a letter of apology to the residents of Flint for not telling the public about an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease related to the city’s water crisis. Corinne Miller, who is now retired, pleaded no contest…
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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, Mich., Residents to Start Paying Full Price for Water They Can’t Drink Without a Filter
I’m pretty sure if you look up “adding insult to injury,” you’ll find the qualifier “forcing Flint, Mich., residents to pay full price for water that they cannot safely drink without a filter.” According to the Washington Post, on Wednesday, state officials are scheduled to end a program that helped pay residents’ bills since it…
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#Flint: City’s Plan for $100,000,000 in Federal Grant Money Submitted to EPA
A request submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality indicates that the city of Flint intends to use $100 million in federal funds to improve its water-treatment plant, replace underground pipes and make other system improvements. The request is part of the process for the city to…
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Report: Flint, Mich., Water Crisis Connected to Systemic Racism
Finally, some truth out of Flint, Mich. The Michigan Civil Rights Commission released a report Friday that said, in part, “systematic racism” going back decades is at the core of the problems that caused a lead-contaminated water crisis in the majority-black city of Flint. While the 130-page report says that the commission did not unearth…
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#Flint: Judge Dismisses Major Class Action Lawsuit
A major class action lawsuit filed by Flint, Mich., residents over how the state handles changes in the city’s water that led to the lead-contamination crisis was dismissed by a federal judge Thursday. The Detroit News reports that U.S. District Judge John Corbett O’Meara dismissed the case brought by Flint activist and resident Melissa Mays…