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#WaterCrisis #SafeWater #ClimateImpact #AlaskaLife #DroughtAlert #PublicHealth #WaterMatters #Environment #ClimateChange #FlintWaterCrisis #Alaska
#DrinkingWater
US news | The GuardianSep 15, 2025
The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/rx-kids-flint-michigan-pregnancy #Parentsandparenting #Flintwatercrisis #Pregnancy #Michigan #Children #Poverty #Society #USnews
The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’

Infants in Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, saw lower rates of prematurity and other issues, saving millions in NICU visits

The Guardian
darth tiktaalik 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 28, 2025

Flint Finishes Replacing 11,000 Lead Pipes, Concluding Activists’ Decade-Long Effort to Secure Clean Water

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/flint-finishes-replacing-11000-lead-pipes-concluding-activists-decade-long-effort-to-secure-clean-water/

#FlintWaterCrisis #PublicHealth #Michigan

Flint Finishes Replacing 11,000 Lead Pipes, Concluding Activists' Decade-Long Effort to Secure Clean Water

A decade after lead-contaminated water was found in Flint's water system, the legal battle to replace lead water pipes is nearly finished.

Good News Network
Show threadNonilexMay 20, 2025

As #Flint struggled with #WaterQuality, it also saw an outbreak of #Legionnaires' disease, leading to the #deaths of at least 12 people & sickening dozens more.

Today, the #EPA states 97% of #lead service lines have been replaced, although last year a federal judge held the city of Flint in #contempt over taking too long to replace some remaining lead pipes.

#law #regulation #EnvironmentalJustice #Michigan #FlintWaterCrisis #Trump

Show threadNonilexMay 20, 2025

The #FlintWaterCrisis began in 2014, when the city, while under emergency management from the state, switched water sources from the #Detroit Water & Sewerage Dept to the #Flint River as a cost-cutting measure. State ofcls overseeing the switch failed to ensure #corrosion-control measures were taken for the more acidic river #water. #Lead, a #neurotoxin particularly dangerous to #children, leached from aged service lines into the city's water supply as a result.

#law #regulation #Michigan

NonilexMay 20, 2025

#Trump #EPA lifts emergency order on #Flint, #Michigan #water

The EPA had been monitoring stricter lead-level standards in Flint's drinking water since 2016.

The order, put in place after the #FlintWaterCrisis, was lifted after federal ofcls said the city has reached compliance with safe #DrinkingWater requirements.

In a statement, EPA Administrator #LeeZeldin called the lifting of the emergency order a major milestone for the city & federal partners.

#law #regulation
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/05/19/flint-water-epa-emergency-order-lead-testing-levels/83727028007/

EPA lifts emergency order on Flint water, returning city to normal lead testing standards

The emergency order had been in place since 2016. Flint now has to comply with normal lead-level standards set under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Detroit Free Press
Chris ArrrFeb 5, 2025

It's crazy that after 11 years the people of Flint will finally get to see some of the settlement from the lawsuits that were filed.

Too much of the money went to lawyers, but at least the kids and the rest of us will get something. All of it is too crazy for words, and old news for the rest of the world but for folks who lived it, those years are never too far away.
#Flint #Flintwatercrisis

US news | The GuardianOct 8, 2024
Biden sets 10-year deadline for US cities to replace lead pipes https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/08/biden-lead-pipes-drinking-water #Flintwatercrisis #Environment #JoeBiden #USnews #Water
Biden sets 10-year deadline for US cities to replace lead pipes

President to announce in Wisconsin EPA rule aimed at ensuring drinking water is safe for all Americans

The Guardian
Environment | The Guardian USOct 8, 2024
Biden sets 10-year deadline for US cities to replace lead pipes https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/08/biden-lead-pipes-drinking-water #Flintwatercrisis #Environment #JoeBiden #USnews #Water
Biden sets 10-year deadline for US cities to replace lead pipes

President to announce in Wisconsin EPA rule aimed at ensuring drinking water is safe for all Americans

The Guardian
Andy BakerJul 16, 2024

From Retraction Watch, this article about a very high profile paper published a few months ago in Science Advances. It is a paper that investigated the possible effect of lead pollution on children's IQ through the analysis of school test results. But the test changed over time, so does the analysis hold up? It seems ... Maybe?

Did Flint water crisis set kids back in school? Paper saying so is ‘severely flawed,’ say critics

https://retractionwatch.com/2024/07/15/did-flint-water-crisis-set-kids-back-in-school-paper-saying-so-is-severely-flawed-say-critics/

#science #lead #pollution #academia #environment #flintwatercrisis #academicpublishing

Did Flint water crisis set kids back in school? Paper saying so is ‘severely flawed,’ say critics

Siddhartha Roy A paper finding kids did worse in school following the Flint water crisis is “severely flawed and unreliable,” according to critics who were deeply involved in exposing the crisis. T…

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