In 2008, a Michigan environmental official told lead test technicians to “bump out” sky-high lead results by collecting more clean water samples A newly resurfaced email demonstrates that in 2008 an official from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) tried to manipulate lead tests by suggesting that technicians collect extra water samples to make the Read More…
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‘Only the Beginning’: Three Face Criminal Charges in Flint Water Crisis
Two employees of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and one city employee charged in lead poisoning disaster “These charges are the only beginning and there will be more to come. That I can guarantee you,” said Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette. “So many things went so terribly wrong, and tragically wrong, in Flint.” –Updates Read More…