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US denies appeal for Flint disaster declaration

2016-01-24 14:02:59| Waste Management - Topix.net

The governor was in damage control mode Friday, telling MSNBC that his subordinates in the state's Department of Environmental Quality were to blame for the crisis. The agency reiterated that Flint's contaminated water didn't qualify as a major disaster because it is a man-made crisis instead of a natural catastrophe.

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Flint hospital suspected river, Legionnaires' outbreak link

2016-01-24 12:47:17| Biotech - Topix.net

Conor Ralph/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP Flint resident Grant Porter, 5, watches as his mother Ardis Porter, 26, has her blood drawn for lead testing at the Flint Masonic Temple on Saturday in Flint, Michigan. Porter said she was having her and her son tested because she's pregnant and he's young.

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Two Michigan Environmental Workers Suspended Amid Flint Water Crisis

2016-01-23 13:28:12| Waste Management - Topix.net

"Michiganders need to be able to depend on state government to do what's best for them and in the case of the DEQ that means ensuring their drinking water is safe," Snyder said. "Some DEQ actions lacked common sense and that resulted in this terrible tragedy in Flint.

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Former U.S. auto hub Flint reeling from tainted water scandal

2016-01-23 07:39:36| Automakers - Topix.net

For months, people in Flint, Michigan - a dying industrial town in the American heartland - drank water contaminated with lead. And the country ignored it.

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