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The CDC recently lowered the standard for what’s considered elevated blood lead levels in children, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is following suit.

Benton Harbor residents have no clear answers on whether their tap water is safe to drink. Stateside gets an update from Michigan Radio's newsroom.

The U.S. EPA says its study on Benton Harbor's tap water shows filters do work to remove lead. But the agency says residents should still only drink bottled water. It’s a mixed message, but lead isn’t the only lingering water quality concern.

Michigan's hospitals are extremely concerned they might be overrun with Michigan's fourth surge of COVID-19. Then, fake property owners in Detroit are scamming desperate home buyers. And Detroit is revising it's inspection rules for lead.

The lawsuit seeks financial compensation and ongoing health support for residents exposed to lead in the drinking water.

Mayor Marcus Muhammad says many of the "deficiencies" found in recent inspections were due to disinvestment in the water system under a state-appointed emergency manager

Tests of the drinking water in Benton Harbor have shown elevated levels of harmful lead going back to 2018. Regulators say they found more than a dozen violations at the city's water plant.

The threat itself is nothing new. It’s just newly known to the public, the result of a rule change that forced water suppliers to start looking harder for the neurotoxin in their water delivery systems starting in 2019.

The legacy of the Flint water crisis has ripple effects felt in communities like Benton Harbor.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order to distribute bottled water to residents until further notice, three years after elevated lead levels were first detected in Benton Harbor’s drinking water.