October 19, 2015 | Cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio– To many people, lead poisoning evokes a very particular picture.
It’s the 1950s or ’60s — the image is in stark black and white. A toddler is sitting on the floor in a squalid apartment or ramshackle house, and paint is peeling off the walls in long strips. The baby, equally dirty and neglected, is pulling paint chips off the wall and eating them, a dazed expression on […]
October 13, 2015 | MLive
FLINT, MI — The City Council has approved spending $2 million to pay part of the bill for buying Lake Huron water from the Detroit water system for the next nine months.
Council voted unanimously Monday, Oct. 12, to make the move, clearing the way for Flint’s Receivership Transition Advisory Board to consider the same move when it meets Wednesday, Oct. 14.
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October 12, 2015 | Business Wire
INDIANAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Angie’s List is marking National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week by joining the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “Look for the Logo” campaign.
“Awareness is the key to eradicating lead poisoning,” says Angie’s List Founder Angie Hicks. “The more homeowners know, the more likely they are to demand and be willing to pay what it takes to remodel and repair without endangering their children.”
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October 12, 2015 | The Detroit News
Nearly 6,000 blighted structures in Detroit have been demolished since January 2014, and those demolitions have increased the value of surrounding homes, according to a recent report on the efforts.
Other measures to improve quality of life and value of property in the city — code enforcement, sales of public side lots, even the installation of new street lights — have also helped pushed home values higher.
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October 9, 2015 | Modern Healthcare
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Thursday proposed a $12 million plan to reconnect the city of Flint to the Detroit water system in order to receive Lake Huron water. But advocates say it’s not enough.
Snyder’s proposal, which is expected to be approved by the Legislature, comes after testing found water at Flint schools had lead levels above federal safety standards.
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October 8, 2015 | Detroit Free Press
There’s good news: The City of Flint could soon reconnect to the Detroit Water and Sewer Department, a water source that doesn’t leach lead from aging pipes into the municipal water supply.
And there’s bad news: Three Flint elementary schools have water with lead levels more than 15 parts per billion, which is the limit according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines.
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October 7, 2015 | MLive
FLINT, MI — Gov. Rick Snyder has appointed a task force to review “actions regarding water use and testing in Flint” and to make recommendations for future guidelines.
The governor announced creation of the task force in a news release Wednesday, Oct. 21, the same day U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint, and state Sen. Jim Ananich, D-Flint, called for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to carry out a similar review. […]
October 6, 2015 | MLive
FLINT, MI — Mayor Dayne Walling says the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department is offering to reconnect the city to Lake Huron water at an estimated cost of $1.5 million per month — more than the city can afford.
Walling said Tuesday, Oct. 6, that talks are continuing about the state helping the city pay that expense in the short term — until Flint can connect to the Karegnondi […]
October 4, 2015 | The Guardian
FWhen Lee-Anne Walters learned in March that her son’s immune system was compromised after being exposed to lead in the city of Flint’s water supply, she did what any parent would likely do: break down and cry.
“Shocked, angry … I was hysterical,” Walters told the Guardian. Barely able to speak, the 37-year-old called her friend Melissa Mays.
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October 2, 2015 | Science Daily
It’s a known fact that babies in the womb can be affected by low levels of lead exposure. If a pregnant woman is exposed to lead, the lead passes through the placenta into the baby’s developing bones and other organs. Pregnant women with a past exposure to lead can also affect the unborn child’s brain, causing developmental problems later in life. Previous research studies have suggested that […]