lead exposure

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy said the 90th percentile value of lead in the city's drinking water was 14 parts per billion, just within the federal action level.

Former Mayor Dayne Walling testified he was not made aware of Veolia’s concerns. Walling said a report produced by Veolia engineers on the city’s water issues did not mention lead. On Tuesday, Walling testified, while Flint was under an emergency manager there were things happening, that were not reaching his desk.

Benton Harbor has the longest-running lead-in-water exceedance in Michigan history, surpassing Flint by more than a year. The state paid a portion of Flint water bills for nearly three years. Benton Harbor residents are hoping for similar relief.

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.

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.

This is the first time the state has urged the city's residents to avoid consuming tap water.

Benton Harbor officials first found lead levels above the federal action level in the drinking water in the fall of 2018. The move comes after a coalition of national and local groups called for the federal government to step in and use its emergency powers to provide bottled water to residents earlier this month.

Flint voters will decide in March if they will support a millage that will help eliminate their school district’s deficit.On Wednesday night, the school…

Detroit will use a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to fight lead hazards in 450 homes.The effort will target 48209, one…