虽然密歇根州的居民在清洁用水方面继续获得短期目标，但目前尚不清楚雀巢等瓶装水制造商从铅和其他有毒污染中获利，这些污染迫使居民和现在的学校购买大量的水。
DETROIT -- Nearly 50,000 students headed back to school in Detroit, Michigan will be greeted by bottled water this year in lieu of traditional drinking fountains and water faucets, after tests showed
Michigan’s approval of Nestlé’s new permit was not just done in spite of opposition from residents, it was a complete rejection of the authority of local governments to govern the use of their own resources.
FLINT, MICHIGAN – Despite the outrage from residents, Nestlé -- the world’s largest food and beverage company -- has just been granted the right by the state of Michigan to vastly expand its Ice Mountain
Prosecutors will try to prove five Michigan officials were responsible for a Legionnaires’ death because they knew about the problem, but failed to warn the public. Similar cases of environmental disasters have not resulted in convictions, but there are reasons Flint could break the mold.
Last week, Michigan's top prosecutor announced that five officials, including the state's Health Department head Nick Lyon, will face charges of involuntary manslaughter for a death resulting from the Flint water crisis. It's a move virtually unheard of in modern American
Even with relatively few products on the market with relatively high quantities of lead, the health risks from the metal are insidious.
The environmental advocacy group Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) on June 15 released a study about dietary lead exposure, with a focus on food intended for babies and young children. Using a Federal Drug
“We are not going to stop until we see justice for Flint, but we hope to be a good example for all other cities fighting this same uphill battle.” This Michigan city is still struggling with lead-contaminated water, a struggle that reflects a hidden lead crisis brewing in cities nationwide.
FLINT -- For nearly three years, the residents of Flint, Michigan, a city located just 70 miles north of Detroit, have had contaminated water running through their pipes, poisoned by lead and other dangerous metals. The crisis began when local authorities decided to switch the city’s main water source in April 2014, choosing to
‘I got scared, for probably the first time since this all started this actually scared me,’ local resident says of tax lien notice.
The city of Flint, where the pipes have still not been fixed and the water crisis is ongoing, is threatening to place tax liens on people's homes for non-payment of water bills, according to a local news source. NBC affiliate 25News
