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Flint Family:
Our 'Tragic'
2-Year-Old
Is Poisoned

Feb 8, 2016 3:55 PM CST

Flint Family: Our 'Tragic' 2-Year-Old Is Poisoned

Sophia Rodriguez Waid's family sues Flint, Michigan

(Newser) - A Flint, Michigan, family is suing the city and several government officials after their young daughter tested positive for lead poisoning, NBC News reports. The family of Sophia Rodriguez Waid, who's now 2, say they moved out and spent scarce funds on remodeling their house to avoid contaminated water—...

Lead Toxicity
Showing
Up in Flint
Area's Dogs

Feb 5, 2016 10:59 AM CST

Lead Toxicity Showing Up in Flint Area's Dogs

Animal experts warn that pets near Flint should be drinking filtered or bottled water

(Newser) - First it was the kids of Flint found to have been tainted by lead, attributed by many to the area's toxic water. Now two dogs who live in the vicinity of the Michigan city have tested positive for lead toxicity—the first two pups to be confirmed with this...

Michael Moore
Tweets From
Bed in the ICU

Feb 5, 2016 8:29 AM CST

Michael Moore Tweets From Bed in the ICU

He's laid up with pneumonia

(Newser) - Michael Moore has been a busy man lately, taking on the Flint water crisis , promoting his upcoming movie Where to Invade Next , and even stumping for Bernie Sanders . But there's been a temporary setback: The filmmaker has been in the ICU with pneumonia since Sunday night, the Detroit Free ...

Plumbers Go
Where They're
Needed Most: Flint

Feb 2, 2016 4:56 PM CST

Plumbers Go Where They're Needed Most: Flint

'It just goes to show how giving American people are'

(Newser) - Unlike many state officials, Michigan's plumbers aren't going to sit idly by while Flint residents drink lead-contaminated water. Michigan Radio reports plumbers from Local 370 in Flint have been installing donated filters and faucets for residents. On Saturday, they were joined by more than 300 fellow plumbers from...

FBI Joins
Investigation
Into Flint's
Poisoned Water

Feb 2, 2016 8:49 AM CST

FBI Joins Investigation Into Flint's Poisoned Water

Federal prosecutors 'working with multi-agency team'

(Newser) - The FBI is part of a criminal probe into Flint's water crisis. A rep for the US Attorney's Office in Detroit tells the Detroit Free Press that federal prosecutors are "working with a multi-agency investigation team ... including the FBI, the US Postal Inspection Service, EPA's Office...

Brockovich's Water Warning: Flint Is Just the Start

Jan 29, 2016 6:57 AM CST

Brockovich's Water Warning: Flint Is Just the Start

She's been on the case for a year already

(Newser) - Think the Flint water crisis is bad? It's only "the tip of the iceberg," says Erin Brockovich. During an appearance on The Late Show on Thursday, the environmental activist explained lead-laced water has also been found in Sebring, Ohio; Louisiana; and possibly Wisconsin. "I can tell...

State Workers in Flint
Had Their Own Water Supply

Jan 29, 2016 5:06 AM CST

State Workers in Flint Had Their Own Water Supply

Coolers were provided long before crisis was acknowledged

(Newser) - While children in Flint were drinking foul-smelling brown water tainted with lead and the state was denying there was a problem, state workers in the Michigan city had their own water supply, according to documents obtained by the Progress Michigan group. A notice from the state Department of Technology, Management,...

Michael Moore:
Flint Suffered
'Crime Against
Humanity'

OPINION

Jan 28, 2016 1:00 PM CST

Michael Moore: Flint Suffered 'Crime Against Humanity'

Sending bottled water isn't enough, says filmmaker

(Newser) - Companies including Pepsi, Coca Cola, Walmart, and Nestle have donated bottled water to Flint, Michigan, to help residents deal with a staggering water crisis. So have celebrities like Mark Wahlberg, Cher , and Pearl Jam . Michael Moore says it's not enough. Bottled water "cannot reverse the irreversible brain damage...

Governor
to Flint:
I Blew It,
'I'll Fix It'

Jan 20, 2016 7:01 AM CST

Governor to Flint: I Blew It, 'I'll Fix It'

Michigan's Rick Snyder wants $28M to fix water pipes, treat kids

(Newser) - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder admits he lost the public's trust in failing to respond quickly to concerns about Flint's drinking water. "I'm sorry I let you down," he said during his State of the State address on Tuesday. "Your families face a crisis—a...

Here's How Bad Flint's Water Is

the rundown

Jan 16, 2016 3:02 PM CST

Here's How Bad Flint's Water Is

President Obama declares a federal emergency

(Newser) - Flint, Michigan's water woes are officially a federal emergency—nearly two years after the city took the money-saving move of switching from using Lake Huron water treated in Detroit to water from the Flint River. That water was found to be highly corrosive to lead pipes still in use...