TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Michigan’s attorney general announced Wednesday that the head of the state’s health department and four others have been charged with involuntary manslaughter for their role in the years-long Flint water crisis. Nick Lyon, director of Michigan Health and Human Services, “failed in his responsibilities to protect the health and safety of the citizens of Flint,” Read More…
‘Most of the questions involving the Flint water crisis and Gov. Snyder are still unanswered,’ says Common Cause. Six additional state employees now face criminal charges for hiding unsafe lead levels leading up to the Flint water crisis—but Gov. Rick Snyder and his top officials continue to evade accountability. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced Read More…
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…
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…