• This crisis was entirely preventable, and a startling reminder of the critical need to eliminate all sources of lead from our children's environment," Patrick Breysse, director of CDC's National Center for Environmental Health, said in a statement. (abcactionnews.com)
  • In March, a state task force that investigated the Flint crisis concluded that it was a "case of environmental injustice" in a poor, majority black city. (abcactionnews.com)
  • Little Miss Flint , as she's known, has been vocal about the Flint water crisis since she was a child. (wjimam.com)
  • In 2021, a judge approved a $626 million settlement in the Flint water crisis but, it wasn't until March of 2023 that the final approval was given. (wjimam.com)
  • But, Flint isn't the only city facing a water crisis. (wjimam.com)
  • Flint, Michigan, is well known for the lead-contaminated drinking water crisis in 2014. (mesothelioma.com)
  • Most recently, the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, brought this decades-old problem to the fore yet again. (newsweek.com)
  • 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. (wikipedia.org)
  • In April 2014, during a financial crisis, state-appointed emergency manager Darnell Earley changed Flint's water source from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (sourced from Lake Huron and the Detroit River) to the Flint River. (wikipedia.org)
  • Four government officials-one from the city of Flint, two from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), and one from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-resigned over the mishandling of the crisis, and one additional MDEQ staff member was fired. (wikipedia.org)
  • On August 20, 2020, the victims of the water crisis were awarded a combined settlement of $600 million, with 80% going to the families of children affected by the crisis. (wikipedia.org)
  • The following is a sequence of events related to the Flint water crisis. (wikipedia.org)
  • This date is considered the start of the water crisis. (wikipedia.org)
  • During the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, USA (2014-2015), 2 outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease occurred in Genesee County, Michigan. (cdc.gov)
  • this new water source led to elevated lead in tap water over a prolonged period, now called the Flint water crisis ( 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Conversely, levels of the mip gene, which is specific to L. pneumophila , were largely below detection in Flint single-family residences, at least during the later stages of the water crisis when they were measured (2015-2016) ( 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Print-Friendly Copy of Report Press Release: Fluoride in Water Worsens U.S. Lead Crisis Introduction Over the past few weeks, the nation has watched in horror at the lead poisoning crisis unfolding in Flint, Michigan. (fluoridealert.org)
  • Former Federal Prosecutor Paul Butler comments on the latest news about the Flint water crisis and what is to come next in the proceedings. (msnbc.com)
  • PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The lead poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan has caused major concerns about lead levels across the country, and more than a dozen cities, including Pittsburgh, have children with higher levels of lead exposure than Flint. (cbsnews.com)
  • You know, it's an infrastructure crisis for us, so we know that's going to be a tremendous cost and burden on the city of Flint that we can't handle by ourselves. (wglt.org)
  • The Flint Water Crisis: What's Really Going On? (acs.org)
  • She'a Cobb, Amber Hasan and Laura MacIntyre shared their anger and frustration with state and local officials' handling of the water crisis. (michiganradio.org)
  • Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder apologized for his response to the Flint water crisis and promised to fix it amid calls for his resignation. (thebuzzcincy.com)
  • D uring his State of the State address Tuesday, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder apologized for his response to the Flint water crisis and promised to fix the man-made disaster amid calls for his resignation and two lawsuits filed against city and state officials. (thebuzzcincy.com)
  • On Wednesday's edition of TV One's NewsOne Now , Roland Martin spoke with Trachelle Young , an attorney involved in one of the lawsuits filed against Gov. Rick Snyder, and Mercedes Kinney , a Flint resident who shared how the crisis has personally impacted her life. (thebuzzcincy.com)
  • Watch Roland Martin, Attorney Trachelle Young, Flint resident Mercedes Kinney, and the NewsOne Now panel discuss the Flint water crisis in the video clip above. (thebuzzcincy.com)
  • As the Flint community endeavors to recover and move forward in the aftermath of the Flint water crisis, distrust of scientific and governmental authorities must be overcome. (ama-assn.org)
  • All researchers who use federal funding to do their work, including those interested in investigating effects of lead water contamination on health in the aftermath of the Flint water crisis, are required to have their protocols reviewed by an institutional review board (IRB) to motivate compliance with federal human subject research regulations. (ama-assn.org)
  • The community of Flint, Michigan, suffered a manmade public health crisis based on the decision of a governor-appointed emergency manager (EM) to change Flint's water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River, which began in April 2014 [1]. (ama-assn.org)
  • However, the root of the Flint water crisis (FWC) began in March 2011, when the Michigan state government passed the Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act [2]. (ama-assn.org)
  • President Barack Obama on Wednesday reacted to the water crisis in Flint, Michigan by saying that if he were a local parent, he'd be "beside myself that my kids' health could be at risk. (talkingpointsmemo.com)
  • According to multiple media reports, Michigan's former governor and other officials will be charged in relation to the Flint water crisis seven years ago. (kuer.org)
  • While testifying about the Flint water crisis before Congress four years ago, former Governor Rick Snyder acknowledged the mistakes. (kuer.org)
  • JOHN MCCLANE: We believe that the proposed settlement, as currently allocated, is just as disrespectful as the injury caused by the water crisis tragedy itself. (kuer.org)
  • Data from the largest mental health survey of the Flint, Michigan community indicate that one in five adults, or roughly 13,600 people, were estimated to have clinical depression, and one in four, or 15,000 people, were estimated to have PTSD five years after the water crisis began. (eurasiareview.com)
  • During the crisis, tens of thousands of children and adults in Flint developed high blood-lead levels, putting them at greater risk for cognitive deficits, mental health problems, and other health problems later in life. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Kilpatrick noted that there was clear evidence of high rates of mental health problems in the Flint community during the first years of the crisis. (eurasiareview.com)
  • What we did not know until now was the extent to which Flint residents continued to have mental health problems at the clinical diagnosis level five years after the crisis began. (eurasiareview.com)
  • According to Kilpatrick, past year rates of depression and PTSD identified in Flint today are three to five times greater than national estimates among US adults overall, and likely result from a combination of higher base rates of mental health problems in Flint before the crisis as well as a significant exacerbation of problems resulting from the crisis. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Now that pipes are being replaced, the time is right to begin a second phase of recovery from the water crisis - one that focuses on providing additional resources to heal psychological wounds," Reuben said. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Kilpatrick said residents of Flint, a predominantly low-income, Black community, faced many challenges before the water crisis that can erode mental health, including socioeconomic disadvantage, racism, and high exposure to potentially traumatic events, including prior physical or sexual assault. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Nearly 100% of surveyed Flint residents reported that they changed their behavior to avoid consuming contaminated water during the crisis, and the vast majority still worry that the exposures they had may cause future health problems for themselves or their family members. (eurasiareview.com)
  • He blandly noted certain symptoms of the social crisis in America-crumbling roads and bridges, aging water pipelines, failing public schools-without acknowledging the role of his administration in presiding over this disaster. (wsws.org)
  • Obama blamed the crisis on "poor decisions," claiming that no one "consciously wanted to hurt the people of Flint. (wsws.org)
  • Early in the Flint crisis, THMs and bacteria levels were found to be high, but once elevated lead was found in the water, testing for THMs and bacteria stopped. (chej.org)
  • For many, the water crisis in Flint has not dried up and distribution centers have become vital to the area. (wral.com)
  • Flint residents line up for free bottled water as activists outside of City Hall protest Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's handling of the water crisis on Jan. 8, 2016 in Flint. (time.com)
  • Detroit resident Jaiden Ellis, 8, looks at stacks of free bottled water to be given to the congregation while the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights leader, discusses the ongoing Flint water crisis on Jan. 17, 2016, in Flint, Mich. (time.com)
  • More than 150 activists stand outside of City Hall to protest Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's handling of the water crisis, Jan. 8, 2016 in Flint. (time.com)
  • They were assigned by Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday to help distribute water and relieve residents in relation to the Flint water crisis. (time.com)
  • Flint resident Mike Hickey holds the hand of his daughter Natielee, 4, as they walk past activists who are outside of City Hall to protest Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's handling of the water crisis Jan. 8, 2016 in Flint. (time.com)
  • However, what has been lost in the national conversation about the town's water crisis are the numerous other sources of lead exposure that endanger children in Flint and elsewhere. (aap.org)
  • This announcement finally drove Flint's plight into the national media spotlight, but while you wouldn't have known it from watching the country's major news programs or reading its biggest newspapers, Flint's water crisis began more than a year earlier. (mediamatters.org)
  • Michigan Radio also devoted consistent coverage to the situation in Flint and brought news of the growing crisis to a wider audience. (mediamatters.org)
  • A couple of weeks ago, the task force Michigan governor Rick Snyder appointed to investigate Flint's now infamous water crisis issued its long-awaited report . (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • Her children ailing, Flint mother Leeanne Walters reached out to Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards, who had previously played a critical role in Washington DC's lead water crisis years ago. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • We use the Flint water crisis to test if an increase in office visits reduced avoidable emergency room visits. (nber.org)
  • Since revelations that more than 9,000 Flint children were poisoned for months by drinking lead-contaminated water, members of Congress have called the crisis "Flint's Katrina. (rollcall.com)
  • The State of Michigan has agreed to pay victims of the Flint water crisis a $600m (€508m) settlement, to make amends for the damage done to residents' health by polluted water. (euronews.com)
  • The announcement of today's $600,000,000 settlement closes the first chapter for the residents of Flint, who were devastated by the Flint Water Crisis," said Corey M. Stern, an attorney representing 2,600 Flint children in the negotiations. (euronews.com)
  • The crisis began in 2014 amid a financial crisis in the area when the city swapped its water supply from Lake Huron to the local Flint River in order to save money. (euronews.com)
  • They included 8-year-old Mari Copeny, known as "Little Miss Flint", who wrote a letter to then-president Barack Obama detailing the water crisis in her home town. (euronews.com)
  • The issue had previously come to the forefront after the lead crisis in Flint, Michigan. (politico.com)
  • The water crisis in Flint, Mich. transfixed much of the country and made international headlines. (kmuw.org)
  • A lead contamination crisis in Washington, D.C. was in the headlines and Bernero, then a state lawmaker, wanted to tighten up the water testing and oversight protocols. (kmuw.org)
  • Meanwhile, the ongoing crisis i n Flint has shown a spotlight on the persistent environmental i njustices i nflicted on communities - predominantly Latino and African American - that bear the brunt of the negative health i mpacts of pollution. (lcv.org)
  • The crisis underscores the need for access to clean drinking water for all Americans as attention to Flint has also lead to exposure of similar problems across the country. (lcv.org)
  • Yesterday, President Barack Obama traveled to Flint, Michigan to highlight the need to address the ongoing lead-poisoning crisis. (lcv.org)
  • In 2015, "Dr Mona" exposed the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, after detecting that the number of children with elevated levels of lead in their blood had doubled following a switch of the city's water source from the Detroit River to the Flint River in April 2014. (medscape.com)
  • And that's something I think we see in the Flint crisis, when you get to a very specific. (cdc.gov)
  • Sarah Gregory] Okay, so, let's move on to the Flint tap water crisis. (cdc.gov)
  • Residents are seeking class-action status for the suit, as well as compensatory & punitive damages, appointment of a monitor to oversee Flint's water supply and the creation of a medical monitoring fund. (legalreader.com)
  • About 9,600 children younger than 6 years old lived in homes served by Flint's water system, the report said. (abcactionnews.com)
  • It wasn't until the family moved in with a relative who wasn't on Flint's water system that Sophia's blood began returning to normal, the first evidence the family had that the service line under the street -- and not their home -- was the culprit. (nbcnews.com)
  • This disruption in water quality likely also stimulated the growth of L. pneumophila , the species most frequently identified as the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease ( 5 , 6 ), in Flint's distribution and plumbing systems ( 7 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Flint's mayor, Karen Weaver, made that declaration because of lead in the city's water supply. (wglt.org)
  • Soon after, doctors began seeing elevated levels of lead in the blood of Flint's children. (wglt.org)
  • The head of Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality plans to respond Monday to a demand for answers about Flint's water woes. (michiganradio.org)
  • Last week, State Sen. Jim Ananich, D-Flint, state Rep. Sheldon Neeley, D-Flint, and state Rep. Phil Phelps, D-Flushing, sent a letter t o DEQ director Dan Wyant demanding answers to a list of questions about the safety and treatment of Flint's drinking water. (michiganradio.org)
  • This explains why the lead in Flint's water in our survey, is so high, even when it was low before when Detroit water was being used. (michiganradio.org)
  • City officials maintain Flint's tap water meets federal and state standards. (michiganradio.org)
  • When Flint's water started smelling foul, tasting odd, turning orange and the children drinking it started to develop nasty skin rashes, there was clearly something terribly wrong. (acs.org)
  • These decisions resulted in damage to public health from elevated lead levels and Legionella in Flint's water as well as over $100 million in Flint water infrastructure damage [9]. (ama-assn.org)
  • STEVE CARMODY, BYLINE: Nearly seven years ago, government leaders here pushed the button that switched the city of Flint's drinking water source from Detroit's water system to the Flint River. (kuer.org)
  • LeeAnne Walters, an activist whose actions played a pivotal role in exposing the lead poisoning of Flint's water, told the World Socialist Web Site , that she and her husband walked out of the event. (wsws.org)
  • Many expressed frustration and anger that work on repairing Flint's water system has barely begun. (wsws.org)
  • Documents show that state environmental officials altered reports in order to minimize the dangers of lead in Flint's drinking water. (wsws.org)
  • On Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency admitted in a statement it should have hastened its confrontation of the problems with Flint's drinking water. (courthousenews.com)
  • Flint's water system became contaminated when the city switched to Flint River water in April 2014 while under control of an emergency manager appointed by Gov. Snyder. (courthousenews.com)
  • National media were almost universally late to the story, even as it became apparent that Snyder administration appointees and officials stood in the way of addressing Flint's water problems and even altered data, preventing federal action. (mediamatters.org)
  • Flint's water contained levels of chloride -- the sanitation product used to kill E. coli and other contaminants -- so high that a General Motors plant in Flint opted to stop using the water out of concerns that it would cause engine parts to rust. (mediamatters.org)
  • Virginia Tech researchers published findings showing that Flint's water contained high levels of lead and noted that the water was "creating a public health threat. (mediamatters.org)
  • To cut costs, in the spring of 2014 Flint's state-appointed emergency manager had switched the city's water supply from Detroit's system to the more polluted Flint River and kept it there, despite community protests, for 18 months. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • The SEJ Journal recounts how The Flint Journal and Detroit Free Press ran hundreds of stories on Flint's water problems. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • Edwards set up an independent, scientifically rigorous study to test lead levels in Flint's water. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, director of the pediatric residency program at Flint's Hurley Medical Center and an assistant professor at Michigan State University, did an independent study on lead levels in Flint children, and found blood lead levels had doubled and even tripled in some areas after the switch to Flint River water. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • Nearly a decade after one of the nation's largest public health scandals was set into motion, a Scripps News investigation found many residents here still waiting for the city to remove and replace the corroded pipes that have been leaching lead into Flint's water supply. (shns.com)
  • I n 2014, "Flint's drinking water became tainted when the city switched from the Detroit water system and began drawing from the Flint River … to save money. (lcv.org)
  • The source of the lead in the City of Flint drinking water was not the Flint River but rather the lead in the pipes and solder in the City of Flint's water infrastructure. (cdc.gov)
  • The increased corrosiveness coupled with the failure to add a phosphate corrosive inhibitor to the water system after the switch in the water source caused the release of lead from the pipes and solder in the City of Flint's water infrastructure into its drinking water. (cdc.gov)
  • High levels of lead have been found in homes and schools since 2016. (cbsnews.com)
  • On January 5, 2016, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder declared a state of emergency in Genesee County, of which Flint is the major population center. (wikipedia.org)
  • An extensive lead service pipe replacement effort has been underway since 2016. (wikipedia.org)
  • The City of Flint asks LAN to submit a proposal for design and construction to implement the use of phosphate additives for corrosion control and, subsequently, asks LAN to "fast track" implementation with a target completion date in December 2015 or January 2016. (lanflintwaterlitigation.com)
  • A 2016 report from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services found that, though Black children made up only 21 percent of children tested for lead poisoning, they accounted for half of all lead poisoning cases. (inthesetimes.com)
  • In 2016, it was reported that lead levels dropped to 12 parts per billion , but many citizens remain skeptical if the problem was truly fixed. (businessinsider.in)
  • Flint resident Randy Huyck Jr., 17, throws a case of bottled water into the back of a volunteer's car as Detroit-area volunteers drop off more than 500 cases of bottled water in Flint, Mich. on Jan. 16, 2016. (time.com)
  • Flint resident Lorraine Jones pours canned water into a pot in preparation for boiling to cook on Jan. 19, 2016, at River Park Apartments in Flint, Mich. (time.com)
  • LaShanti Redmond, 10, of Flint, gets her finger poked to test her blood for lead levels at Freeman Elementary School in Flint, Mich., Jan. 12, 2016. (time.com)
  • The Flint Community Schools, the Genesee County Health Department and Molina Healthcare held a family fun night to get children tested for lead levels in their blood at the school in Flint, Mich., Jan. 12, 2016. (time.com)
  • Flint resident David Harris, 58, sits alone as he watches out the window upon arrival at the Capitol in Lansing, Mich., on Jan. 14, 2016. (time.com)
  • Flint resident Tony Palladino Jr.'s sign, seen on Jan. 14, 2016, reads "Synder's dirty little secret" atop a map with a crossed out city of Flint. (time.com)
  • Michigan Governor Rick Snyder declared a state of emergency for the city of Flint on January 5, 2016, due to dangerously high levels of lead contamination in the drinking water. (mediamatters.org)
  • Using Medicaid claims for 2013-2016, we find that this information shock increased the share of enrollees who had lead tests performed by 1.7 percentage points. (nber.org)
  • Tens of thousands of Flint residents who lived in the area between April 2014 and July 2016 will be eligible to submit a claim. (euronews.com)
  • A number of districts across the state scrambled to test their water after a scare in March 2016. (politico.com)
  • A number of districts across the state scrambled to test their water after a scare in March 2016, when the Newark school district announced many of its schools had elevated lead levels. (politico.com)
  • 11/28/2016 - Chinese officials discovered nightmarish levels of lead and mercury in Jixi, a northeastern city, last month. (naturalnews.com)
  • 10/23/2016 - Drinking water for much of the city of Cleveland is at risk of becoming too dangerous for human consumption, ecologists and environmentalists are warning, as a two-square-mile toxic blob at the bottom of Lake Erie spreads closer to the main water intake pipe that supplies it. (naturalnews.com)
  • 10/4/2016 - An ICP-MS analysis of Plato brand dog treats in my laboratory, CWC Labs, found alarmingly high levels of toxic mercury in salmon flavored products. (naturalnews.com)
  • 10/3/2016 - Chemical fertilizers are destroying our supplies of clean water by feeding blooms of toxic algae, scientists and water officials have warned. (naturalnews.com)
  • 9/23/2016 - An Environmental Working Group review of government water analysis data reveals that 75% of drinking water in America is contaminated with cancer-causing hexavalent chromium (also known as chromium-6). (naturalnews.com)
  • DETROIT (CN) - With a quivering voice and stumbling over his words at times, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder apologized repeatedly during his State of the State speech on Tuesday evening for the moves that exposed Flint residents to toxic levels of lead in their drinking water. (courthousenews.com)
  • The new water was more corrosive, and under the city streets, it began eating away at 25,000 lead service lines, eventually leaching the heavy metal into the drinking water. (nbcnews.com)
  • That water was corrosive and damaged by the city's pipes, allowing lead to leach out. (wglt.org)
  • Their study found that water drawn from the Flint River is more corrosive than water from Detroit (where Flint used to get its water). (michiganradio.org)
  • On average, Detroit water is 19 times (or 19X) less corrosive than the Flint River water currently in use. (michiganradio.org)
  • The CliffsNote version is that in 2014, thanks to a state-imposed emergency manager, the city of Flint its water supply to Flint River water, which was more corrosive. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Detroit water comes from Lake Huron and is not corrosive. (scienceblogs.com)
  • In a move meant to be temporary and save money, a state-appointed emergency manager switched the drinking water supply to Flint River, without taking measures to mitigate the impact of corrosive water on old pipes. (wesa.fm)
  • Safe drinking water has not flowed from many Flint faucets for almost two years, after the state-run city switched its source to the highly corrosive Flint River and failed to treat it properly to protect lead from leaching into it. (time.com)
  • Because of the higher chloride and higher chloride-to-sulfide mass ratio, the Flint River water was more corrosive. (cdc.gov)
  • River was much saltier and more corrosive than the Detroit water, it basically made the pipes rust. (cdc.gov)
  • 1967-2013 - The city of Flint receives its water from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, sourced from Lake Huron. (wikipedia.org)
  • March 22, 2012 - County officials announce plans for a new pipeline to reduce the costs of delivering water from Lake Huron to Flint. (wikipedia.org)
  • The city prefers to keep getting its water from the Flint River until a new pipeline can bring water from Lake Huron. (michiganradio.org)
  • However, KWA was not ready to deliver the water, because they were in the process of building a new pipeline to bring water from nearby Lake Huron. (acs.org)
  • On April 25th, 2014, the city of Flint switched its water supply from Lake Huron and the Detroit River to the Flint River and failed to properly treat the water supply to prevent lead and other elements from leaching out of the city's old water pipes. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Up until April 2014, Flint drew its drinking water from Lake Huron treated in Detroit. (wesa.fm)
  • Flint has struggled with toxic contamination since 2014 when the city switched its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River in an attempt to save $12 million annually . (businessinsider.in)
  • After it was confirmed the water contained elevated levels of lead by independent studies, it was switched back to the city of Detroit's Lake Huron system. (courthousenews.com)
  • Several Michigan outlets were on the story from the outset, beginning when officials flipped the switch to source the city's water from the Flint River instead of Lake Huron (via the Detroit water system). (mediamatters.org)
  • The state-appointed emergency manager made the decision to use the Flint River water as an interim source in 2013 while a new pipeline was being built to Lake Huron under the Karegondi Water Authority. (mediamatters.org)
  • In September 2015, the city of Flint issued a lead advisory to its residents, alerting them of increased lead levels in their drinking water, resulting from the switch in water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River. (nber.org)
  • The water source for the city has now been reverted back to Lake Huron but the effects of the poisoning have been long lasting. (euronews.com)
  • The news media has actively covered the story about the quality of the drinking water in Flint after the city switched the source of its drinking water on April 25, 2014 from Lake Huron to the Flint River to save money. (cdc.gov)
  • Officials noted some limitations with the findings: They couldn't account for all factors that might have contributed to a children's lead exposure, whether lead-based paint was present in the children's homes or whether a decline in blood-lead levels was at least partly because of the increased consumption of bottled water. (abcactionnews.com)
  • The report comes a day after federal officials announced that filtered tap water was safe for everyone in Flint, lifting a recommendation that pregnant women, nursing mothers and children under 6 drink bottled water to avoid lead exposure. (abcactionnews.com)
  • And, yes, some officials were indicted in relation to the Flint water scandal. (wjimam.com)
  • Officials failed to apply corrosion inhibitors to the water, which resulted in lead from aging pipes leaching into the water supply, exposing around 100,000 residents to elevated lead levels. (wikipedia.org)
  • In early 2017, some officials asserted that the water quality had returned to acceptable levels, but in January 2019, residents and officials expressed doubt about the cleanliness of the water. (wikipedia.org)
  • The suit, which does not specify damages, names the city of Flint and the state of Michigan and government officials as defendants. (nbcnews.com)
  • He said he's worried -- and angry at officials who made the switch to the Flint River, who didn't add anti-corrosion agents to the water, and who didn't respond with urgency to the early warnings of lead in the water. (nbcnews.com)
  • Health officials stress that high level continues to come from lead based paints and not water. (cbsnews.com)
  • GREENE: While it is impossible to say with certainty that the water caused this, officials note that nothing else major has changed in the environment. (wglt.org)
  • In early 2013, in order to save money, Flint officials decided to change the source of the city's water from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to the Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA). (acs.org)
  • This meant that officials in the city of Flint needed to find a short-term solution while the new pipeline was being built. (acs.org)
  • RICK SNYDER: Local, state and federal officials - they all failed the families of Flint. (kuer.org)
  • Flanked by a host of state and federal officials who oversaw the disaster in Flint, including Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Democratic Congressmen and Senators, the president offered a series of false promises and platitudes. (wsws.org)
  • A central aim of Obama's remarks was to perpetuate the cover-up of the criminal responsibility of government officials at all levels for the disaster. (wsws.org)
  • In fact, officials did not merely make "poor decisions," they actively conspired to ensure that the water source was switched to the Flint River despite ample warnings of the consequences. (wsws.org)
  • When residents began to complain of the contaminated water, local, state and federal officials worked to discredit these complaints and cover-up their responsibility. (wsws.org)
  • Three years after lead was detected in the drinking water of Flint, Mich., state prosecutors say they are dropping all criminal charges filed against a group of eight government officials implicated in the scandal, in favor of launching a new expanded investigation. (wesa.fm)
  • I'm already receiving Christmas lists from Flint elected officials. (courthousenews.com)
  • Chatman says no one had offered assistance for the children, though federal officials recently announced that they would likely extend Medicaid benefits to pregnant women and children in Flint. (rollcall.com)
  • Residents raised the alarm that something wasn't right with their water supply but their pleas were dismissed by the local government and elected officials. (euronews.com)
  • Our independent analysis of the city's progress reports, which Flint officials turned over to plaintiffs as part of the court settlement, found the pace of inspecting residents' service lines dropped more than 95% from a peak in 2018. (shns.com)
  • The city of Detroit has shut off drinking water in all public schools after officials found high levels of lead or copper in samples from 16 out of 24 schools tested. (foxnews.com)
  • While the superintendent said the move was "out of an abundance of caution" before school starts next week, officials believe old fixtures and aging infrastructure, not the water source, is to blame. (foxnews.com)
  • Flint is an old city and many of its water pipes are made of lead. (legalreader.com)
  • The claim is that the pipes and service lines were corroded by water from the Flint River, thus allowing lead into the water supply. (legalreader.com)
  • Flint used the water for 18 months, during which lead leached from old pipes at homes because the water wasn't treated to control corrosion. (abcactionnews.com)
  • What about the lead pipes? (wjimam.com)
  • According to an article from bridgemi.com , published in February of 2023, lead-lined pipes should have been replaced by 2020. (wjimam.com)
  • There were an estimated 2,500 lead service pipes still in place as of April 2019. (wikipedia.org)
  • As of July 16, 2021, 27,133 water service lines had been excavated and inspected, resulting in the replacement of 10,059 lead pipes. (wikipedia.org)
  • After $400 million in state and federal spending, Flint has secured a clean water source, distributed filters to all who want them, and laid modern, safe, copper pipes to nearly every home in the city. (wikipedia.org)
  • Has there been permanent damage done because of the corrosiveness of the Flint River to the pipes? (michiganradio.org)
  • The Flint River water, Edwards says, is leaching more lead from old lead pipes in homes and pipes that have lead solder in them. (michiganradio.org)
  • Lead was a popular choice for use as water pipes for centuries. (acs.org)
  • Water pipes are no longer made from lead, but older cities, such as Flint, still rely on lead pipes-in addition to those made from copper and iron-to transport water to people's homes. (acs.org)
  • No one knows exactly how many lead pipes are used in the United States, but the number is in the millions. (acs.org)
  • In addition to the pipes themselves, lead is also found in alloys (mixtures of metals) in other parts of the plumbing system. (acs.org)
  • For example, the solder used to join pipes together is an alloy of tin and lead. (acs.org)
  • So it leeched lead from old lead pipes, leading to high levels of lead in many parts of the city with older pipes, which, not coincidentally, happened to be in the poorer areas of the city. (scienceblogs.com)
  • the lead contamination came from the higher level of corrosiveness of the Flint River water, which was not properly treated and as a result corroded lead pipes, releasing lead into the water. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Improperly treated river water damaged pipes, which then released lead and other contaminants into the city's drinking water. (kuer.org)
  • In Milwaukee, more than 40 percent of water service lines are made of lead and more than 50 percent of households rent, which means they rely on their landlords to replace the pipes. (inthesetimes.com)
  • Wisconsin does have several programs to help and is only the third state to let utility companies use ratepayer funds to assist homeowners in removing private-side lead pipes. (inthesetimes.com)
  • Water from the Flint River began eating away at the pipes causing catastrophic levels of lead to enter the water, making people sick . (businessinsider.in)
  • Snyder said the Department of Environmental Quality allowed Flint to draw water from the Flint River without using corrosion-control chemicals that would keep lead pipes from expelling toxic particles into the supply. (courthousenews.com)
  • As the tragedy in Flint shows, older infrastructure such as water pipes can leach lead under certain conditions. (aap.org)
  • The water hadn't been treated with chemical compounds needed to prevent corrosion, and ageing pipes had leached lead and iron into the water supply. (euronews.com)
  • Nine years later, Scripps News Investigates found residents still waiting for the city to remove corroded pipes leaching lead into the drinking water. (shns.com)
  • Scripps News asked Neeley if the city could provide a specific number of homes that still need their water pipes inspected for lead. (shns.com)
  • The city is embarking on an ambitious plan to tear out all the underground pipes that leached dangerous levels of lead into the drinking water. (kmuw.org)
  • Lead in the drinking water is no longer a problem here in large part because it's almost done replacing all 14,000 underground lead pipes in its water distribution system. (kmuw.org)
  • HULETT: But as Mayor Bernero did not ignore what was underground, he got the city's utility to agree to spend $42 million to replace all its lead pipes. (kmuw.org)
  • Regulators failed to ensure the water was treated properly and lead from aging pipes leached i nto the water supply. (lcv.org)
  • So, they have this protective scale, the iron and lead pipes, but without that corrosion inhibitor and with this new water that the pipes weren't acclimated to, the scale started to flake off and you had iron and lead getting in the water. (cdc.gov)
  • Lead is a metal that's found in things like some water pipes, old paint (from before 1978 in the United States), some pottery glazes, bullets, and some kinds of batteries. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Many cities still have lead pipes to bring water from the street into houses. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Water pipes inside houses aren't made of lead. (msdmanuals.com)
  • If your water comes to your house from lead pipes and the water has more acid than normal, the acid can dissolve lead from the pipe and put it in your water. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A pair of scientific studies confirmed that lead contamination was present in the water supply. (wikipedia.org)
  • Trihalomethanes are just one group of chemicals associated with water contamination, lead is another. (acs.org)
  • Many rural Wisconsinites who rely on one of the state's 800 , 000 private wells assume their water is clean, but lead contamination, Laeser warns, is something that every resident ​ " should be doing their due diligence" to prevent. (inthesetimes.com)
  • The Flint Journal reported that experts said the boil advisories were a sign that the water system was also vulnerable to other forms of contamination. (mediamatters.org)
  • President Obama has declared a federal state of emergency for the city of Flint, Michigan due to high levels of lead contamination in the drinking wat. (icenews.is)
  • Jessica participated in CDC's emergency response efforts for the Flint Michigan water contamination the zika virus outbreak, and hurricanes Matthew, Harvey, Irma, and Maria. (cdc.gov)
  • Lead contamination has been linked to learning disabilities and other problems. (lcv.org)
  • In response to the identification of elevated bacterial contamination (fall 2014), increased chlorination was initiated which caused elevated levels of chlorine byproducts (trihalomethanes). (cdc.gov)
  • Flint residents are seeking class action status in a suit against the city and the state of Michigan alleging that cost-cutting measures put their health in danger. (legalreader.com)
  • Flint, Michigan residents have every reason to distrust their governor. (legalreader.com)
  • NEWARK (CBSNewYork) -- Newark 's mayor is denouncing comparisons between his city and Flint, Michigan, when it comes to high levels of lead . (cbsnews.com)
  • The city of Flint, Michigan has long been a topic of discussion when talking about access to clean water. (wjimam.com)
  • Jennifer Gifford, from Flint, has recently found a unique hobby: finding and sharing photographs of payphones that are still standing in Michigan. (wjimam.com)
  • Mesothelioma patients in Flint, Michigan, can seek treatment from cancer centers in nearby Michigan cities. (mesothelioma.com)
  • Detroit , Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Michigan, all have treatment centers within 70 miles of Flint. (mesothelioma.com)
  • Workers and residents may have been exposed to asbestos in Michigan , leading to an asbestos disease diagnosis. (mesothelioma.com)
  • Politico declared that its water is "just as good as any city's in Michigan. (wikipedia.org)
  • When doctors detected lead in 1-year-old Sophia Rodriguez Waid's blood, her family did everything they could to fix the situation, spending months living with friends and relatives and scarce dollars remodeling their home in Flint, Michigan. (nbcnews.com)
  • There are new concerns about lead in the water in Flint schools.The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality tested the water in 13 Flint schools. (michiganradio.org)
  • My state is screwed up, and the epicenter of the fallout from the dysfunctional mess that is the Michigan state government is the city of Flint. (scienceblogs.com)
  • It's also rather curious that Adams blames the whole thing on the Environmental Protection Agency, when in fact the primary failure was with the Michigan DEQ and those running the local water system. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Community members in Flint and other parts of Michigan organized and protested this law, which resulted in the law being overturned in November 2012 [4]. (ama-assn.org)
  • Contaminated water in the predominantly African-American, working-class Michigan city was found to contain dangerous levels of lead, sparking a national outcry. (talkingpointsmemo.com)
  • Last year, the state of Michigan announced it struck a deal with attorneys representing Flint residents to pay $600 million into a settlement fund. (kuer.org)
  • The Flint River in Flint, Michigan, United States of America. (eurasiareview.com)
  • President Barack Obama's remarks Wednesday in Flint, Michigan before an audience of about 1,000 people at Northwestern High School displayed the arrogance and contempt of his administration and the corporate elite toward working people suffering from the devastating effects of lead in their drinking water. (wsws.org)
  • Obama's visit to Flint coincides with an explosive development of the class struggle in Michigan. (wsws.org)
  • Elon Musk donated $480,000 to fund new water filtration systems in Flint, Michigan schools. (businessinsider.in)
  • Stephen Robel helps carry a case of water to the vehicle of Flint resident Karand Houston as the first seven Michigan National Guard soldiers arrive on the ground at fire stations on Jan. 13, 2015 throughout Flint. (time.com)
  • Like the rest of America, and especially as a pediatrician specializing in toxicology, I'm deeply troubled by the exposure of children in Flint, Michigan, to lead in the water they drank each day and splashed in at bath time. (aap.org)
  • Thankfully, local TV affiliates and reporters from Michigan Radio and The Flint Journal -MLive aggressively covered the story from the beginning, while some of the most impactful revelations surfaced thanks to the efforts of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan's Curt Guyette, non-governmental experts, and Flint residents themselves. (mediamatters.org)
  • Those outlets were Michigan Radio (the NPR affiliate serving southern Michigan), The Flint Journal (a property of MLive Media Group), and the local TV affiliates in Flint. (mediamatters.org)
  • What happened in Flint, Michigan? (euronews.com)
  • WASHINGTON - As Congress returns to negotiations on a spending bill to meet its October 1st deadline, the National Wildlife Federation and the NAACP chapter in Flint, Michigan responded to Senate Republican leadership's most recent proposal which includes emergency relief for the Louisiana flooding but does not provide long-overdue funding for Flint and other communities with elevated levels of lead in tap water. (nwf.org)
  • It's something the city was court-ordered to finish years ago, but today residents in Flint are still advised by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of Michigan not to drink the tap water without getting special filters installed - until the city finishes the job. (shns.com)
  • Elevated blood lead levels in Flint, Michigan. (cdc.gov)
  • A recently published paper (12/21/2015) in the American Journal of Public Health (Am J Pub Health) from Dr. Hanna-Attisha and colleagues at Hurley Children's Hospital and Michigan State University provides a peer-reviewed analysis of the extent to which children's blood lead levels increased after the water source change. (cdc.gov)
  • Engineering at Virginia Tech. We'll be discussing the situation with the bacteria Legionella pneumophila in the Flint, Michigan water supply. (cdc.gov)
  • The young Flint, Michigan boy was a frequent visitor to the emergency room and doctor's office. (cdc.gov)
  • I suspect that many of you watched in amazement as President Barack Obama drank a sip of tap water while visiting Flint, MI earlier this month and told everyone that it's OK. (chej.org)
  • Six weeks after President Barack Obama declared a federal state of emergency here, many are still afraid to use their tap water, and they likely will not know whether it is safe for several weeks. (rollcall.com)
  • Named defendants in the suit include Gov. Snyder and former Flint Mayor Dayne Walling. (legalreader.com)
  • Govenor Snyder last week announced the city of Flint will be switching back to Detroit water. (michiganradio.org)
  • Snyder said the emergency-funding request for Flint would not be the last, citing the need to upgrade the state's aging infrastructure. (courthousenews.com)
  • Snyder plans to use the emergency funding for an integrity study of existing water pipelines, more filters and bottled water for residents, as well as testing and the upgrade of local health care services, including child and adult foster care centers. (courthousenews.com)
  • In an effort to disclose what he knew and when he knew it, Snyder said he planned to waive exemptions to the state's freedom of information law that apply to the governor's office and disclose his emails from 2014 and 2015 when his office reacted slowly to complaints from citizens about cloudy and foul-tasting water. (courthousenews.com)
  • He rode one of three buses with about 150 people from Flint and Detroit, gathering to protest against Gov. Rick Snyder. (time.com)
  • The pipe corrosion that followed exposed residents to dangerous levels of lead in their drinking water. (legalreader.com)
  • Despite assurances that water from the Flint River was safe to drink, residents began experiencing health problems such as skin lesions and respiratory disorders. (legalreader.com)
  • Residents of Flint, Mich. (shown here in January), have been protesting the quality and cost of the city's tap water for more than a year. (legalreader.com)
  • However, there are still thousands of Flint residents who are still waiting for these replacements in 2023. (wjimam.com)
  • But, I'm sure, still not very comforting to the residents of Flint. (wjimam.com)
  • After exposure to lead, Flint residents are also concerned about asbestos exposure. (mesothelioma.com)
  • Flint residents who develop an asbestos-related illness can find local treatment and legal resources below. (mesothelioma.com)
  • Flint residents diagnosed with an asbestos illness may be able to seek financial compensation . (mesothelioma.com)
  • Residents complained about the taste, smell, and appearance of the water. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, a legacy of distrust remains, so residents often refuse to drink the tap water. (wikipedia.org)
  • Later, Zahran and colleagues reported that the odds of Flint residents being referred for Legionnaires' disease treatment while the Flint River was the source of tap water increased 6.3-fold and confirmed our report of associations with low chlorine residuals ( 9 ), but the odds analysis, which was based on the use of referral date rather than symptom onset date, excluded many healthcare-associated cases ( 10 ). (cdc.gov)
  • After a 1970s CDC study showed that the mostly Mexican-American population of this Texas town had dangerously high blood lead levels, its buildings were demolished and its residents were booted. (nrdc.org)
  • Residents should be aware of the high level of naturally occurring fluoride currently in the Ridgetown water supply. (fluoridealert.org)
  • Ananich says he is among those Flint residents who have been using bottled water since concerns about the city's tap water have grown. (michiganradio.org)
  • In the spring of 2014, large amounts of lead found their way into the water that some residents of Flint, Mich., were using to drink, cook, and brush their teeth. (acs.org)
  • Within weeks, residents were complaining of foul-smelling and discolored water. (acs.org)
  • A few months later, Flint told its residents that their water had high levels of organic molecules called trihalomethanes. (acs.org)
  • and (2) the switch to the Flint River as an intermediate water source, which was made from a fiscal perspective with no consideration of health risks to residents. (ama-assn.org)
  • Although required by law in water systems serving more than 50,000 residents [7], anticorrosive chemicals were not added to the water supply due to cost (less than $150 a day) [8]. (ama-assn.org)
  • Since enduring 18 months of foul-smelling, dirty tap water that made them sick, Flint residents have demanded justice and compensation. (kuer.org)
  • CARMODY: In addition to tens of thousands of Flint residents, there are the lawyers, lots of them. (kuer.org)
  • Virtually all Flint residents were consequently exposed to drinking water with unsafe levels of bacteria, disinfection byproducts, and lead, a neurotoxicant. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Most Flint residents who were offered mental health services went on to use and benefit from them. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Study findings suggest that more should be done to provide mental health treatment for residents of Flint. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Obama also urged Flint residents to begin drinking the water again, which in many areas is brown and still contains high levels of lead. (wsws.org)
  • Instead he touted the work of non-profits, charities and philanthropists in providing assistance to Flint residents. (wsws.org)
  • Reaction to the announcement ranged from relief among some of the defendants to disbelief and disappointment among some Flint residents. (wesa.fm)
  • That resulted in a spike in lead levels for the majority-black city of 100,000 residents. (wesa.fm)
  • The first segment of the speech detailed Snyder's increased efforts to distribute clean water and filters to Flint residents. (courthousenews.com)
  • Flint City councilman Eric Mays speaks with concerned residents at Ambassador East mobile home park on April 15, 2015, in Flint, Mich. The city of Flint plans to install a $1.5 million granulated active-charcoal filter by mid-July in an effort to address concerns over its water quality. (time.com)
  • Flint residents were notified that their water system violated the Safe Drinking Water Act, with tests revealing high levels of total trihalomethane (TTHM), a byproduct of chloride that has been linked to cancer and other health problems. (mediamatters.org)
  • In an April 2 keynote address to the DC Science Writers Association , Curt Gayette, the investigative journalist hired by Michigan's ACLU to look into residents' complaints about Flint water, described the unusual collaboration. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • The question that residents are asking is what will, and what can, Congress do for Flint, a city of 99,000 that has lost half its population and most of its jobs since its heyday in the 1960s. (rollcall.com)
  • Thousands of residents reportedly suffered from hair loss, rashes, and ill health as a result of drinking contaminated water pumped into the city by local water companies. (euronews.com)
  • While our country and Flint residents have been suffering for years, today is a watershed moment for the children of Flint, and a model of decision making that should serve as an example for our communities and leaders across the country. (euronews.com)
  • Not long after the switch, residents began to report that the water had a different smell, taste and colour. (euronews.com)
  • Tests done by the Environmental Protection Agency and Virginia Tech showed that water in Flint residents' homes had high levels of lead. (euronews.com)
  • Initially after the switch in the source of drinking water, residents of Flint expressed concerns about the appearance, odor and taste of the water. (cdc.gov)
  • The protocol is being reviewed by an IRB from University X. Some members of the Flint community have raised strong opposition to this research, citing no reasonable basis for trusting the researchers or their institutions to do the research ethically or to justly share the risks and benefits of their work with the community. (ama-assn.org)
  • In the above video, produced for PBS NewsHour, Education Week correspondent Kavitha Cardoza speaks to members of the Flint community to see how the beleaguered district is handling this situation. (edweek.org)
  • When Flint was put under emergency financial management, the city's water supply was switched from Detroit's water system to the Flint River. (legalreader.com)
  • As a cost-cutting effort, he also had the city switch its water supply from Detroit's water system to the Flint River in April 2014. (legalreader.com)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the likelihood a child would have a concerning blood-lead level - at least 5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood - was about 50 percent higher after the April 2014 switch from Detroit's water system to the Flint River. (abcactionnews.com)
  • The city operates under a plan to use the Flint River as an emergency water source. (wikipedia.org)
  • April 25 - After construction delays, the water source switch to the Flint River is completed. (wikipedia.org)
  • Just three months before Sophia's alarming blood test, the city had started using water from the Flint River to save money. (nbcnews.com)
  • Water quality in the Delaware River is under threat of PCB chemical pollution from a proposed liquefied natural gas export terminal. (nrdc.org)
  • The water would no longer come from Detroit's water supply but instead from the Flint River. (wglt.org)
  • Edwards blames the high lead levels on the characteristics of the water from the Flint River. (michiganradio.org)
  • That is, the current Flint River water leaches 19X more lead to the water than Detroit water. (michiganradio.org)
  • They decided to use water from the local Flint River that they would clean in water treatment plants. (acs.org)
  • The Flint Water Plant tower in Flint, Mich., where drinking water became tainted after the city switched from the Detroit system and began drawing from the Flint River in April 2014 to save money. (wesa.fm)
  • Lyon had been charged with involuntary manslaughter for failing to alert the public about an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease during the period when Flint was drawing water from the Flint River. (wesa.fm)
  • so, it was in April 2014, the city switched from using water piped in from the city of Detroit and they started using water from the Flint River instead. (cdc.gov)
  • Two months ago, Flint was reconnected to its original water source, but Mayor Karen Weaver says the damage has been done. (wglt.org)
  • KAREN WEAVER: The water didn't look right, didn't smell right, didn't taste right. (wglt.org)
  • Obama said in his Wednesday speech that he'd met with Flint Mayor Karen Weaver at the White House to assure her that she had his administration's support. (talkingpointsmemo.com)
  • HULETT: That's Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, who hopes that Flint can replace as many as 15,000 lead lines in as little as one year. (kmuw.org)
  • Flint purposely didn't put the corrosion control inhibitor in their water. (cbsnews.com)
  • LAN is first informed by the City of Flint test results from the LCR monitoring periods indicating elevated lead levels in some areas and of the August 17, 2015 MDEQ directive to the City of Flint to institute corrosion control treatments. (lanflintwaterlitigation.com)
  • Still, the authors say the analysis suggests increased lead exposure related to consuming contaminated water in Flint. (abcactionnews.com)
  • Although lead has long been recognized as toxic and lead paint has been banned in the United States for 40 years, it continues to wreak developmental havoc on children. (newsweek.com)
  • Analysis is sensitive to low parts per billion concentrations for lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, copper and other toxic elements. (scienceblogs.com)
  • To compare drinking lead poisoned water to paint chips is like comparing apples to toxic waste. (wsws.org)
  • Not only have thousands of people including young children and infants already been exposed to toxic levels of lead and other contaminants that will affect their health for years, but thousands of people in Flint are still drinking and using contaminated water. (chej.org)
  • Right now, the Senate has a chance to do the right thing-to begin helping both the Flint families suffering from toxic water and the Louisiana flood victims. (nwf.org)
  • The water supply change was considered a possible cause of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the county that killed 12 people and affected another 87, but the original source of the bacteria was never found. (wikipedia.org)
  • Furthermore, no one is testing the water for volatile organic compounds like trihalomethanes (THM), contaminants that result from adding chlorine to kill bacteria. (chej.org)
  • The next step is to connect the filters to the district's plumbing and test the water coming out of the fountains for lead and other bacteria. (businessinsider.in)
  • And, so yeah, Dr. McDade played a big role in figuring out that it was caused by these bacteria, Legionella , getting inhaled in folks' lungs--they thought either from the water or the HVAC system. (cdc.gov)
  • So, you have to get the bacteria into your lungs to get the disease and that's usually not going to happen from drinking the water unless, like, you have trouble swallowing and get the water down the wrong pipe. (cdc.gov)
  • Really, it's about water droplets or tiny aerosols forming, and they have to contain the bacteria and make it into the lungs. (cdc.gov)
  • According to a report from the city of Flint , over six months of testing, between July and December of 2022, lead levels were found to be at 9 parts per billion which is lower than the federal standard of 15 ppb. (wjimam.com)
  • The city of Flint, Mich. is in a state of emergency this morning. (wglt.org)
  • I know some bad things have happened in Flint, but we've got colleges and universities that are here, and Jim has - they did an announcement about some investment that they're going to do in the city of Flint, so we've got some other things going on. (wglt.org)
  • Critics say they have new reasons to demand the city of Flint go back to Detroit water. (michiganradio.org)
  • Trachelle Young , an attorney representing a group of individuals from the area in a class action lawsuit, called the city of Flint "a crime scene. (thebuzzcincy.com)
  • A few months later, the city of Flint, a local hospital and an engineering firm agreed to chip in another $41 million. (kuer.org)
  • The city of approximately 99,000 was switched back to Detroit's water system last month. (legalreader.com)
  • They help by shipping over 200 cases of bottled water by truck, van, and SUV across the state and distributing them for free, which she said can really make a difference. (wral.com)
  • Tiantha Williams goes through several cases of bottled water a day to bathe and feed her 2-month-old son. (rollcall.com)
  • A Virginia Tech professor who claims testing shows "serious" lead levels in the city's tap water will appear at a town hall meeting in Flint this week. (michiganradio.org)
  • Marc Edwards' team of researchers at Virginia Tech University have tested hundreds of samples of water collected in Flint. (michiganradio.org)
  • By the end of this week, a team at Virginia Tech University may complete testing of water samples from 300 Flint homes. (michiganradio.org)
  • The first was Virginia Tech University researcher Marc Edwards, who in response to a plea from a Flint resident ran his own test on multiple samples of water and was the major voice in the wilderness saying that, hey, this is bad, way worse than what the state government is claiming. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Dr. Marc Edwards, a professor of engineering at Virginia Tech who has done an enormous amount of water testing in Flint released the latest testing results in April several weeks before Obama's visit. (chej.org)
  • Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards shows the difference in water quality between Detroit and Flint after testing, giving evidence after more than 270 samples were sent in from Flint that show high levels of lead during a news conference on Sept. 15, 2015 outside of City Hall in downtown Flint, Mich. (time.com)
  • In fact, Little Miss Flint has her own GoFundMe to provide water filters to those in Flint and beyond. (wjimam.com)
  • We compared whole-genome sequences of 10 clinical Legionella pneumophila isolates submitted to a laboratory in Genesee County during the second outbreak with 103 water isolates collected the following year. (cdc.gov)
  • A group of Flint civic and religious leaders led by Pastor John McClane gathered Monday outside the city's water plant to express concern about the settlement. (kuer.org)
  • In an historic legal settlement in 2017, the city agreed to dig up the underground water service lines for tens of thousands of Flint homes and inspect them for materials that could leach more lead into drinking water. (shns.com)
  • Just this past February, a federal judge determined 'the city has violated and is violating the [settlement] agreement' to remove the threat of lead from area homes. (shns.com)
  • We will not rush through this process just to say we got it done,' Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley told Scripps News. (shns.com)
  • Dozens of other communities have tens of thousands of lead service lines that pose a public health risk," says Scott Laeser, Water Program Director at environmental advocacy group Clean Wisconsin . (inthesetimes.com)
  • What Can We Do to Fix the Drinking Water Problem in America? (nrdc.org)
  • Two citizen scientists who lead a non-profit food and water laboratory in central Texas have teamed up to prevent children across America from being poisoned with lead in municipal water supplies. (scienceblogs.com)
  • All of us working together were able to achieve something that looked like it was unachievable - to go back to Detroit water, and to hold people accountable. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • The Flint Journal editorial board favored the decision at the time, noting it would free the city from water rate increases instigated by the city of Detroit and "allow the city to make sorely needed infrastructure improvements and avoid insolvency in the water fund. (mediamatters.org)
  • There are an estimated 10 million lead service lines in the U.S., part of the nation's deteriorating water infrastructure that will require an estimated $1 trillion to rehabilitate. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • it's definitely going to go down into history as an ethical case study, like, what can terribly go wrong with our aging water infrastructure. (cdc.gov)
  • DETROIT (AP) - Blood-lead levels in Flint children under the age of 6 were significantly higher after the city switched its water in 2014 in a cost-saving move, according to report released Friday by U.S. disease experts. (abcactionnews.com)
  • Children can develop learning disabilities and behavior problems from lead exposure, even in low levels. (abcactionnews.com)
  • Among the 565 children who'd been tested for lead at age 11, about half had a concentration deemed concerning at the time of testing, in the early 1980s. (newsweek.com)
  • Dunedin study adults with poorer cognitive performance had higher concentrations of lead in their blood as children, according to this new report, published recently in JAMA . (newsweek.com)
  • Children who had a "concerning" blood lead concentration reached a socioeconomic level that was, on average, 4.51 points lower than their less-leaded peers by age 38. (newsweek.com)
  • The socioeconomic status of children with high lead concentrations was also, on average, lower than that of their parents. (newsweek.com)
  • They wanted to know if the weakened socioeconomic status of the high-lead children was connected to diminished cognition. (newsweek.com)
  • In other words, the lead made it harder for the children to succeed financially as adults because their thinking was impaired by the exposure. (newsweek.com)
  • Between 6,000 and 12,000 children were exposed to drinking water with high levels of lead. (wikipedia.org)
  • Children are particularly at risk from the long-term effects of lead poisoning, which can include a reduction in intellectual functioning and IQ, and an increased chance of Alzheimer's disease. (wikipedia.org)
  • Doctors recommend several ways to reduce fluoride exposure to young children including - avoid mouthwash, fluoride supplements, and use non-fluoridated water when mixing baby formula. (fluoridealert.org)
  • According to the article, nearly ten percent of the more than 140,000 children tested had levels of five or micrograms per deciliter of lead in the blood. (cbsnews.com)
  • That level is the threshold the United States government uses to identify children with elevated blood lead levels. (cbsnews.com)
  • The 2014 Department of Health data shows that more than eight-percent of children tested in Pittsburgh had high lead levels. (cbsnews.com)
  • In Flint, data shows just over three-percent of children had similarly high levels. (cbsnews.com)
  • The Department of Health is very concerned about elevated lead levels in children wherever they may occur. (cbsnews.com)
  • In those cases, Edwards' team has advised home owners to stop drinking their tap water, especially in families with young children and pregnant women. (michiganradio.org)
  • and most recently, reports of elevated lead levels in some Flint children. (michiganradio.org)
  • Also as a result, the percentage of Flint children with elevated blood lead levels increased alarmingly. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The second hero was a pediatrician at Hurley Hospital named Mona Hanna-Attisha, who carried out the study that found the aforementioned alarming increase in the number of children with elevated lead levels. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Northern Ireland children pay the price for fluoride-free water in extra decayed teeth, the chief nursing officer warned yesterday. (fluoridealert.org)
  • Blood lead levels soared in young children. (kuer.org)
  • At the same time, he dismissed the serious short and long-term effects of the poisoning of Flint children by lead-tainted water. (wsws.org)
  • To back up this assertion, Obama cited the spurious example of children accidentally chewing on lead flakes from paint. (wsws.org)
  • 2 percent of Black children tested had elevated lead levels, four times the rate of children with lead poisoning in Flint, Mich., that year. (inthesetimes.com)
  • When they decided to have children, they got their well tested and had to replace a small lead pipe. (inthesetimes.com)
  • The exposure will have particular impact on younger children who consumed the tainted water, because of their rapidly developing brains and the large volumes of formula they're fed relative to their body size. (aap.org)
  • Since the United States banned lead in gasoline and paint and enacted legislation to reduce factory emissions, we now rarely see children who die from lead poisoning or who experience acute symptoms. (aap.org)
  • The long-term damage to many Flint children is irreversible. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • Our analysis suggest that children were more likely to receive care from the same clinic following lead tests and that establishing care reduced the likelihood parents would take their children to emergency rooms for conditions treatable in an office setting. (nber.org)
  • Both children have been found to have elevated blood lead levels, which could cause lifelong learning disabilities and health problems. (rollcall.com)
  • Children and babies under the age of five can experience brain damage when exposed to lead before their brains are fully developed, experts say. (euronews.com)
  • however it is absolutely imperative that the bill also help the people of Flint, who have been unable to safely drink their water for more than two years, while as many as 12,000 children may have been exposed to lead, a potent neurotoxin. (nwf.org)
  • However, Flint Superintendent Bilal Tawwab is leading a comprehensive effort to mitigate the effects of lead exposure in children. (edweek.org)
  • The type and level of data collected is insufficient to quantify how many schools in New Jersey have lead in drinking water and how many outlets require remediation to keep children safe. (politico.com)
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), children and pregnant women are the most vulnerable to the effects of lead exposure. (foxnews.com)
  • Even low levels of lead in children affect IQ, ability to pay attention and academic achievement. (foxnews.com)
  • In the United States, substantial progress has been made over the past four decades in reducing the number of children with elevated blood lead levels (BLLs). (medscape.com)
  • Children are at greater risk for lead absorption than adults. (medscape.com)
  • In general, approximately 30-50% of lead ingested by children is absorbed, compared with approximately 10% of that ingested by adults. (medscape.com)
  • The elimination half-life of lead in adult human blood has been estimated to be 1 month, whereas in children it may be as long as 10 months. (medscape.com)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) serves as the nation’s public health leader and resource on strategies, policies, and practices aimed at preventing lead exposure in young children. (cdc.gov)
  • Primary prevention—the removal of lead hazards from the environment before a child is exposed—is the most effective way to ensure that children do not experience the harmful effects of lead exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • Blood lead screening tests and secondary prevention remain an essential safety net for children who may be exposed to lead. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC’s key programmatic strategy is to strengthen blood lead surveillance by supporting state and local programs to improve blood lead screening test rates, identify high-risk populations, and ensure effective follow-up for children with elevated blood lead levels. (cdc.gov)
  • Surveillance plays a central role in helping measure the collective progress of federal, state, and local public health agencies in protecting children from lead, as well as enhancing our ability to target population-based interventions for primary prevention to those areas at highest risk. (cdc.gov)
  • The CDC CLPPP has been at the front line of efforts to protect children from lead exposure and the resulting adverse health effects over the last 3 decades. (cdc.gov)
  • As we chart our path for the future, we will continue to learn from past successes and challenges, incorporate new evidence and lessons learned, and work closely with federal, state, local, and nonprofit partners, experts in academia, and the community to advance the overarching goal of eliminating lead exposure in children. (cdc.gov)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a long-standing responsibility and commitment to protect children from lead poisoning, with its overarching goal to eliminate lead exposure in young children. (cdc.gov)
  • Because lead exposure does not cause obvious symptoms until significant damage has already occurred, public health agencies have long relied on blood lead screening tests to identify exposed children. (cdc.gov)
  • Blood lead screening for the purposes of primary or secondary prevention must be part of an integrated program to identify and control sources of exposure and provide case management for children with elevated blood lead levels (BLLs). (cdc.gov)
  • Surveillance of children’s BLLs provides information on how well we are protecting children from exposure to lead and also provides critical information needed to identify and care for those children who are already exposed. (cdc.gov)
  • Herein, we describe CDC’s congressional authorizations and appropriations, recommended approaches to blood lead screening, and role in defining the criteria for interpreting and monitoring BLLs in children. (cdc.gov)
  • Children living in old houses that may have lead paint (built before 1978) should be tested for lead poisoning, even if they don't have any symptoms. (msdmanuals.com)
  • With more severe lead poisoning, children show signs of brain damage. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Kim Dietrich, an environmental epidemiologist at the University of Cincinnati, chronicled an association between childhood lead exposure and violent crime in a long-term study of nearly 300 people. (newsweek.com)
  • Who is being held accountable for poisoning the people of Flint? (msnbc.com)
  • The mayor says that people knew something was wrong with the water from the very beginning. (wglt.org)
  • GREENE: I think the image many people have of Flint is from "Roger And Me," the Michael Moore movie. (wglt.org)
  • To begin, I'd like to address the people of Flint. (thebuzzcincy.com)
  • Oh, and a lot of people got Legionnaire's Disease , very likely thanks to the water, and ten of them died . (scienceblogs.com)
  • Alternatives to adding fluoride to the water supply include encouraging people to buy toothpaste with the substance and using a fluoride varnish on children's teeth before they develop cavities. (fluoridealert.org)
  • People were forced to use bottled water for drinking and washing clothes. (kuer.org)
  • In his trademark folksy and patronizing manner, Obama urged the people of Flint to resume drinking the city's water, despite test results showing the persistence of dangerous amounts of lead. (wsws.org)
  • Hundreds of people lined up along the route of Obama's motorcade in Flint, some holding up signs calling for federal help for the city. (wsws.org)
  • In a press release, Edwards stated that "People have to continue using bottled water and filters until further notice. (chej.org)
  • The water drive was organized by Divine Toiletries, a non-profit organization designed to help people in need. (wral.com)
  • Especially people that's on a low fixed income, you really wouldn't have a lot of money to buy water,' Sanders said. (wral.com)
  • Most of [Milwaukee's] 70 , 000 lead laterals are in old housing stock, which are left in vulnerable communities - that would be people of color," Coley says. (inthesetimes.com)
  • I want to remind the people of Flint that justice delayed is not always justice denied and a fearless and dedicated team of career prosecutors and investigators are hard at work to ensure those who harmed you are held accountable," Nessel said. (wesa.fm)
  • Flint is home to nearly 100,000 people. (euronews.com)
  • CDC supports and advises state and local public health agencies and works with other federal agencies and partners to achieve the Healthy People 2020 objective of eliminating childhood lead exposure as a public health concern. (cdc.gov)
  • like where exactly did the people inhale the water droplets with Legionella , it can get dicey to answer that question specifically. (cdc.gov)
  • Sarah Gregory] Okay, so, on that note, did the people in Flint get it from breathing near the water or drinking? (cdc.gov)
  • Many people with mild lead poisoning have no symptoms. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A substantial number of those samples turned up high levels of lead. (michiganradio.org)
  • The findings detailed failures in multiple government agencies to address high levels of lead, a neurotoxin, in the city's water. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • Two years after alarmingly high levels of lead were found in the water system of Flint, Mich., most of the city is still without drinkable water, and it is unclear how long government aid will last. (edweek.org)
  • High levels of lead in tap water can cause adverse health effects if it enters the blood stream. (foxnews.com)
  • It can also impact physical development or in severe cases be fatal, while high levels of copper can cause vomiting, stomach cramps, or even kidney and liver failure. (foxnews.com)
  • And so, especially in parts of the city with lead pipe, you had pretty high levels of lead in the tap water. (cdc.gov)
  • Given its low-lying land mass, high population density, high levels of poverty, and Historically, responses to outer-island emergencies chronic food and water insecurity, Kiribati is particularly in Kiribati have been mounted by ad hoc teams. (who.int)
  • Water in Flint was contaminated with lead in 2014 and was fixed by 2019. (businessinsider.in)
  • In July 2020 , while working on an adjacent street, contractors discovered a lead pipe on Doudna's property. (inthesetimes.com)
  • Using state and federal dollars, the city promised to replace all of the lead and galvanized steel lines by January of 2020. (shns.com)
  • Scripps News discovered ' more than 90% complete ' is also the same claim Neeley's administration made nearly three years ago in August 2020, when the city put out a press release saying it was in its 'final push to get the lead out. (shns.com)
  • This has been bungled," Nayyirah Shariff, a Flint resident and director of the grassroots group Flint Rising, told the Detroit Free Press. (wesa.fm)
  • To sit there and tell a city of 100,000 that lead poisoning from drinking water compares to Obama eating paint chips as a kid is incredible. (wsws.org)
  • Right now, most of Newark has safe water but there are pockets around the city that don't. (cbsnews.com)
  • The State has estimated that there are approximately 22,100 homes in Newark with lead service lines. (nrdc.org)
  • Newark, Jersey City, Camden and Atlantic City were among the districts with elevated lead levels whose results were not included in the DOE data, which New Jersey Future compiled through public-records requests with the state. (politico.com)
  • With the help of the state, the mayor said it will take more than eight years to replace the lead service lines. (cbsnews.com)
  • Our prior work associated the Legionnaires' disease outbreaks with factors known to be conducive to Legionella growth: elevated iron (a consequence of corroded iron water mains), reduced free chlorine disinfectant residuals, and elevated water temperatures ( 7 , 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Aaron Reuben , a graduate student in clinical psychology at Duke, wondered whether blood lead levels during childhood correlated with any aspects of their adulthood. (newsweek.com)
  • As these houses degrade, lead from the paint enters interior dust and exterior soil, both of which end up in children's mouths and subsequently their bloodstreams. (newsweek.com)
  • Lead is known to be particularly damaging to young children's developing brains. (acs.org)
  • No amount of lead in children's blood can be considered safe. (aap.org)
  • More recently, the National Toxicology Program and the Environmental Protection Agency's Lead Integrated Science Assessment concluded that significant cognitive and behavioral problems are linked with children's blood lead concentrations even below 5 mcg/dL. (aap.org)
  • Biased sampling underreported the prevalence of lead in the water and misreported children's elevated lead levels. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • Her work advances children's inclusion in emergency preparedness planning and response efforts at a national state and local level. (cdc.gov)
  • Elevated levels of lead have been found i n some children's blood. (lcv.org)
  • April 16, 2013 - The city approves the Karegnondi Water Authority contract. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lowered its "level of concern" from 10 or more micrograms per deciliter (mcg/dL) to half that amount. (aap.org)
  • High Lead Levels Force State Of Emergency In Flint, Mich. (wglt.org)
  • While under state-appointed emergency management last year, the city switched water sources. (wglt.org)
  • That's why over the weekend, I declared a federal emergency in Flint. (talkingpointsmemo.com)
  • The president declared a federal state of emergency in Flint on Saturday, which will allow the community to receive water, water filters, water test kits and other crucial items from the federal government. (talkingpointsmemo.com)
  • There is no safe lead level," says McElroy, who is now an organizer with the Coalition on Lead Emergency. (inthesetimes.com)
  • The Flint City Council voted to go back to purchasing water from the Detroit water system, only to be overruled by the state-appointed emergency manager, who called the city council's vote "incomprehensible. (mediamatters.org)
  • In 2018, vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and rising for example, an ad hoc national Emergency Medical Team sea levels. (who.int)
  • 2018). Long-term exposure to elevated levels of PM2.5 is associated with higher rates of mortality from a number of conditions ranging from cancer to cardiopulmonary disease (Dockery & Pope, 1994). (cdc.gov)
  • So, it was in May 2015, so, about a year after they've been using this new water supply that my colleague Marc Edwards, he got a phone call from a Flint mom who was worried that something was wrong with the water, and she even had done her homework and suspected they might not have been adding this corrosion inhibitor. (cdc.gov)
  • Among them, about 7,300 received nearly 9,700 blood lead tests before, during and after the water source switch. (abcactionnews.com)
  • Reuben and his team extracted Dunedin data on childhood blood levels, cognitive function and socioeconomic status. (newsweek.com)
  • Reuben emphasizes that the effect was mild: For every 5 micrograms of lead in the blood, between one and two IQ points were lost. (newsweek.com)
  • Sophia Rodriguez Waid had elevated lead levels in her blood. (nbcnews.com)
  • A team of researchers from University X has proposed a protocol that involves investigating acute changes in kidney function, new onset of high blood pressure and gout, and each of these conditions' relationship with changes in Flint water composition. (ama-assn.org)
  • A 3-year-old boy, a patient whose case I was involved in, had a blood lead level five times higher than what's currently defined by the federal government as cause for concern. (aap.org)
  • After absorption, lead enters the blood compartment. (medscape.com)
  • Lead in the blood is primarily found within red blood cells (RBCs). (medscape.com)
  • Although the blood generally carries only a small fraction of the total lead body burden, it serves as the initial receptacle of absorbed lead and distributes lead throughout the body, making it available to other tissues or for excretion. (medscape.com)
  • the remaining 1% resides in blood plasma, which transfers lead between the different compartments. (medscape.com)
  • Blood lead is also important because the BLL is the most widely used measure of lead exposure. (medscape.com)
  • The blood distributes lead to various organs and tissues. (medscape.com)
  • Blood lead screening and surveillance data also provide the foundation for targeting primary prevention activities to high-risk areas. (cdc.gov)
  • They'll test the level of lead in your blood. (msdmanuals.com)
  • If you think you might have lead poisoning, ask to have your blood checked. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Ananich says the public needs answers to growing concerns about the quality of the city's tap water. (michiganradio.org)
  • Thus, exposure to lead dust results in greater absorption than exposure to the equivalent amount of lead from chips of lead paint. (medscape.com)
  • SARAH HULETT, BYLINE: Lansing, Mich. is about an hour's drive from Flint. (kmuw.org)
  • He's the general manager of the Lansing Board of Water and Light. (kmuw.org)
  • HULETT: So Lansing is offering Flint training and technical expertise. (kmuw.org)
  • The city said the source water is fine. (cbsnews.com)
  • According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the primary source of childhood lead poisoning in Pennsylvania continues to be exposure to aging, deteriorating lead-based paint (chips and dust), and not drinking water. (cbsnews.com)
  • Our community health nurses work closely with health care providers and families every day to provide education about lead exposure and facilitate home inspections if needed to identify the source of the exposure," said Health Secretary Dr. Karen Murphy. (cbsnews.com)
  • In April 2014, Flint switched over to the new source, and the problems began almost immediately. (acs.org)
  • But the new source of water was also a source of many compounding problems. (mediamatters.org)
  • and L. pneumophila genes were found to be higher in the tap water of large buildings in Flint than in other water systems in US areas not experiencing outbreaks ( 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Now I think what really triggered it to go to a larger step was when maybe it was one or two families started noticing that their kids weren't reaching developmental milestones and took them to the doctor, and that was when they found out about the lead. (wglt.org)
  • In one sample of water taken from a Flint home, a lead level of 13,000 parts per billion (ppb) was found. (acs.org)
  • According to Reuben, uncertainties about exposures and future harms meaningfully contribute to psychological distress after environmental disasters, and the study found that adults who thought exposure to contaminated water had harmed their or a family member's health were significantly more likely to have past year depression and PTSD. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Lead is still found in older, vinyl mini-blinds and imported aluminum cans with soldered seams. (aap.org)
  • However, the group also found that while some districts had lead levels exceeding 15 ppb and posted the information on their websites, the results were not shared with the DOE. (politico.com)
  • After testing underground water in Jixi's Liumao Village in Heilongjiang Province, researches found mercury levels nine times the national standard, reported China Central Television. (naturalnews.com)
  • Hexavalent chromium (chromium-6) was just found in 75% of drinking water. (naturalnews.com)
  • With respect to the skin, dose- response relationships and no-effect levels were found for both intradermal and topical induc- tion, as well as for intradermal and topical elicitation of allergenic responses in epidemiological, clinical, and animal studies. (cdc.gov)
  • With respect to the respiratory tract, dose-response rela- tionships and no-effect levels for induction were found in several human as well as animal studies. (cdc.gov)
  • In the context of the process of a necessary role in the potential mu- agents were found to be mutagens, mutagenesis described above, the tagenic activity of such compounds, leading to the conclusion that carcin- term "mutagen" refers to an agent or even that DNA, as opposed to ogens were general y not mutagenic. (who.int)
  • During radiographic processing, after placing the radiographic film in the developing solution, passing through water and in a fixing solution for manual processors, it was found that the films remained contaminated, even 48 hours after radiographic exposure 2 . (bvsalud.org)
  • But that test was done when Flint was buying water from Detroit. (nbcnews.com)
  • Over the next three months, the team plans to test the water of at least 100 large U.S. cities, reporting the results to the public on the website EPAwatch.org. (scienceblogs.com)
  • This comes despite yesterday's announcement that the state would be ending it's bottled water distribution in Flint, due to test results showing lower lead levels. (wral.com)
  • They gave her a pamphlet, but did not tell her to get a water filter or test her paint. (inthesetimes.com)
  • A lead test is done, and it is elevated. (aap.org)
  • But in the face of regulators' assurances that test results showed the water was safe, they could not advance the story beyond a tale of "he said, she said. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • Edwards' test results, in contrast to the state's testing, showed lead levels double and triple the allowable amounts in many areas, some greatly exceeding the threshold for hazardous waste. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • A year after the state began requiring schools to test their drinking water for lead, a nonprofit group is calling for further action, saying the limited data that exists make it difficult to fully grasp the scope of the problem. (politico.com)
  • It was Vitti's decision, not a federal or state mandate, to test the water, and then shut it off districtwide. (foxnews.com)
  • Therefore, especially with re- gard to respiratory allergy, standardized and validated dose-response test methods are urgently required in order to be able to recommend safe exposure levels for allergens at the workplace. (cdc.gov)
  • Although there are no specialized treatment centers in Flint, there are facilities elsewhere in the state. (mesothelioma.com)
  • Another lawyer for the family, Adam Slater, said they are arguing the water system was not strictly a governmental function so the city and state can't use governmental immunity as a shield. (nbcnews.com)
  • The Wolf Administration takes the issue of lead exposure very seriously and state agencies will continue to work together on their coordinated response to address lead exposure in communities across the commonwealth. (cbsnews.com)
  • The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says the state has at least 325 , 000 remaining lead service lines. (inthesetimes.com)
  • While the EPA worked within the framework of the law to repeatedly and urgently communicate the steps the state needed to take to properly treat its water, those necessary actions were not taken as quickly as they should have been," the agency said. (courthousenews.com)
  • At least 14,598 outlets were tested in these districts, with 8.1 percent exceeding the lead concentration threshold, according to the analysis, which cited data provided by the state Department of Education. (politico.com)
  • In addition to seeking confirmation that every school tested its water, New Jersey Future is recommending the state ask for more information to determine the type of water outlet that tested positive - whether it came from a drinking fountain or one used for food preparation, or a janitorial sink, for example - and the frequency of usage. (politico.com)
  • Among its other recommendations, New Jersey Future suggested the state issue a request for proposals from water testing companies, then provide districts with a list of approved vendors that could do the job at the lowest costs. (politico.com)
  • Humans are in a state of positive lead balance from birth. (medscape.com)
  • If inhaled in a fine particulate state, lead may be absorbed directly through the lungs or may be carried by the mucociliary tree to the throat, where it is swallowed and absorbed via the GI system. (medscape.com)
  • Since the early 1970s, CDC has supported state and local health departments to develop lead poisoning prevention programs. (cdc.gov)
  • State and local lead poisoning prevention programs initiate public health actions at varying BLLs based on applicable state/local laws and regulations as well as available resources. (cdc.gov)
  • Objective: To determine whether state-level public assistance spending is associated with overall survival (OS) among individuals with cancer, overall and by race and ethnicity. (bvsalud.org)
  • Exposure: Differential state-level public assistance spending. (bvsalud.org)
  • That means the programs for filters and bottled water will stop. (wsws.org)