America is in the midst of a l...

Sep 9, 2019 by

Since the Flint drinking water crisis erupted five years ago, Americans have realized that many cities and towns struggle to ensure safe water.

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‘The next Flint,’ and America’...

Aug 19, 2019 by

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: A U.S. city is facing a public health crisis, after years of denying that it had a problem with lead in its drinking water supply.

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Newark hands out bottled water...

Aug 14, 2019 by

Water issues are becoming more prevalent around the country even as the EPA says it is prioritizing the issue.

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Newark hands out bottled water...

Aug 12, 2019 by

Water issues are becoming more prevalent around the country even as the EPA says it is prioritizing the issue.

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In wake of Flint water crisis,...

Apr 30, 2019 by

Five years after the beginning of the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, residents are still feeling the impact of being poisoned by their state government.

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Nestlé Pays $200 a Year to Bot...

Sep 30, 2017 by

While Flint battles a water crisis, just two hours away the beverage giant pumps almost 100,000 times what an average Michigan resident uses into plastic bottles.

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MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE DRIN...

May 8, 2017 by

[Translate] Flint is not alone. Nathalie Baptiste   MOTHER JONES.COM Lukas Schulze/DPA/ZUMA America’s crumbling water...

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Flint Water Crisis: More Than ...

May 6, 2017 by

[Translate]     Environment “I don’t want to pay for this poison… It’s made us sick.” By...

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THE LEAD POISONING OF FLINT...

Mar 24, 2017 by

[Translate] The Leaden State   grist.org Shutterstock In one Fresno zip code, 13.6 percent of children under the age of 6 have...

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A CRISIS WITH NO END: WHY FLIN...

Mar 15, 2017 by

[Translate]   By Joshua Frank / CounterPunch   The water treatment plant in Flint, Mich. (George Thomas / CC 2.0) Last year the...

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In Flint, Mich., there’s so mu...

Feb 28, 2017 by

[Translate] Morning Mix By Yanan Wang WASHINGTON POST This post has been updated.* Water problems hit emergency level in Flint, Mich....

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HERE’S WHAT A DEFUNDED E...

Feb 3, 2017 by

[Translate]    Environment The agency Trump plans to eviscerate does much more than fight climate change. By John Light The...

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DRY TAPS AND LAGOONS OF SEWAGE...

Jun 8, 2016 by

[Translate] A new report finds that safe water and sanitation are increasingly unaffordable for millions of Americans. By Zoë...

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33 OTHER U.S. CITIES HAVE CHEA...

Jun 2, 2016 by

[Translate] The Guardian tried to obtain “water testing documents” from 81 cities and 43 offered information. The tricks used by...

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SO YOU’VE RUINED A TOWN ...

Apr 27, 2016 by

[Translate] Devil’s Tower By Mark Sumner  VIA DAILY KOS     Darnell Earley was appointed as emergency manager of Flint,...

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AS FRACKING CHEMICALS REACH A ...

Apr 15, 2016 by

[Translate] CREDIT: Bill Dickinson/Flickr View of the New River bridge in Fayette County, West Virginia. A tributary of the New River...

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U.S. WATER SYSTEMS REPEATEDLY ...

Apr 10, 2016 by

[Translate]   By RYAN J. FOLEY and MEGHAN HOYER   A.P. In this Wednesday, March 9, 2016 photo, city officials display an example...

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THE FUTURE FOR FLINT’S C...

Mar 26, 2016 by

[Translate] By MONA HANNA-ATTISHA   NYTIMES Credit Arianna Vairo Flint, Mich. — THE World Health Organization’s “action level” for...

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DRUGS IN THE DRINKING WATER? D...

Mar 21, 2016 by

[Translate]   By Martha Rosenberg, Organic Consumers Association (Photo: Water Testing via Shutterstock) The lead crisis in Flint,...

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ALL EYES ON FLINT, BUT DRINKIN...

Mar 17, 2016 by

[Translate] 6 By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams   VIA TRUTHDIG     The Flint Water Plant tower in Michigan. (ehrlif /...

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MAP SHOWS HOW MICHIGAN’S...

Jan 24, 2016 by

[Translate] iStockphoto By Aura Bogado THINK PROGRESS Flint is Michigan’s poster child for environmental disaster — a crisis that...

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AS FLINT STRUGGLES WITH CONTAM...

Jan 24, 2016 by

[Translate] by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) The latest attempt to do away with a...

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THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO HUMANS...

Jan 21, 2016 by

[Translate] by Adrienne VarkianiCLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Paul Sancya Genetha Campbell carries free water being distributed...

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