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The Flint water crisis was 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] In April 2014, during a financial crisis, state-appointed emergency manager Darnell Earley changed Flint's water source from the Detroit Water and ...
FLINT, Mich. — Ten years ago, smiling politicians posed for cameras while pushing a button, swapping the main tap water source for this majority-Black, impoverished city to the Flint River ...
Flint residents used social media to post outrageous photos to show how bad the Flint water crisis really is.
September 18, 2024 at 8:18 AM. FLINT — For the first time since the water crisis began in 2014, a presidential campaign event was held in Flint Tuesday with no mention of the lead poisoning of ...
Born. (2007-07-06) July 6, 2007 (age 17) Flint, Michigan, U.S. Years active. 2016–present. President Barack Obama hugs Mari Copeny, 8, backstage at Northwestern High School in Flint, Michigan, May 4, 2016. Amariyanna " Mari " Copeny (born July 6, 2007), also known as Little Miss Flint, is an African-American youth activist from Flint ...
Karegnondi Water Authority. Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA) is a municipal corporation responsible for distributing water services in the Mid-Michigan and Thumb areas of the U.S. state of Michigan. Members of the authority are the cities of Flint and Lapeer, and the counties of Genesee, Lapeer and Sanilac. Karegnondi is a word from the Petan ...
The accepted limit for lead in drinking water is 15 parts per billion (ppb). Edwards's meter, which could read values up to 140 ppb, showed off-the-scale readings even after he had diluted the sample to ten percent of its original strength. [2] The water contained at least 1,250 ppb of lead. [5] "
Thousands of Flint residents are dealing with overdue water bills as the city threatens to place liens on their property and expose homeowners to the possibility of foreclosure if they fail to pay.