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    Michigan Seeks to Enact Nation's Strictest Rules on Water Lead Levels

    The changes are a response to the ongoing Flint water crisis.

    Ayana Byrd May 29, 2018 1:24PM EDT
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    New Legislation Aims to Prevent the Next Flint Water Crisis

    Representatives Keith Ellison and Ro Khanna introduced The WATER Act on the fourth anniversary of the day Flint’s water woes began.

    Ayana Byrd Apr 25, 2018 3:36PM EDT
    Jesse Jackson Leads National March In Flint To End Water Crisis

    Michigan to Stop Distributing Free Bottled Water in Flint

    Many of the city’s residents do not trust—or use—what comes out of their tap.

    Ayana Byrd Apr 9, 2018 11:25AM EDT
     Flint Continues To Struggle With Water Contamination Crisis

    Testing Shows That Flint's Kids Still Attend Schools With Elevated Lead Water Levels

    Free bottled water for students is only guaranteed through the end of this school year.

    Ayana Byrd Apr 4, 2018 1:52PM EDT
    A sign displayed in a front yard request that residents keep fro playing in the dirt or mulch at the West Calumet Housing Complex on September 4, 2016, in East Chicago, Indiana.

    READ: Racism's Role in the Fight to Save Children From Lead Poisoning

    Lead expert David Rosner to ThinkProgress: “The rest of the country basically saw it as an idiosyncratic thing, affecting just a few Black kids and Hispanic kids and therefore unimportant.”

    Ayana Byrd Jul 18, 2017 1:12PM EDT
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    WATCH: In East Chicago, Residents Can't Drink Their Water or Play Outside

    Soil and water contain dangerous levels of lead and arsenic.

    Yessenia Funes Jun 27, 2017 12:23PM EDT
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