US, Michigan Officials Trade Blame Over Flint's Toxic Water Crisis

U.S. and Michigan state environmental officials are blaming each other for not moving quickly enough to avert the toxic water crisis in the city of Flint that has left at least 200 children with elevated levels of lead in their bloodstream. In prepared testimony ahead of a congressional hearing Wednesday, Kenneth Creagh, the director of the Michigan environmental agency, conceded that officials in the northern state should have required Flint to take steps to control corrosion of its...

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