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Michigan has earned a failing grade for its efforts to combat lead contamination in school drinking water, according to a new national report.“Nearly a decade after the advent of the Flint water crisis, Michigan still has no law or regulation to stop lead contamination of schools’ drinking water,” conclude the report’s authors, with the Environment America Research & Policy Center and the U.S. Public Research Interest Group Education Fund.
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The state has released new data on blood lead levels in Michigan children.
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Michigan Attorney General, Dana Nessel, is calling on the United States Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen protections against child lead poisoning.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was in Benton Harbor Tuesday to visit the construction site where the city’s first lead service lines are being replaced.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is starting to pay volunteers helping with bottled water distribution in Benton Harbor.The paid “community ambassadors” must live within Benton Harbor city limits, and receive community volunteering organization approval.
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State Representative Rachel Hood from Grand Rapids and Lansing’s Sarah Anthony have introduced a package of bills focusing on lead abatement and remediation policy. The two democrats say the Flint Water Crisis and current elevated levels of lead in Benton Harbor’s water system are cases of failed promises that can be prevented.
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The state is urging residents of a southwestern Michigan city to use bottled water for cooking and drinking.
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The city of Jackson plans to apply for a loan that would jumpstart the replacement of water service lines containing lead.The Jackson city council…
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The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has announced a nearly $1.9-million grant from the EPA to test school drinking water for…
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The City of Clare advised residents to take precautions with their drinking water. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy found…