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Q&A: How to protect against lead as Michigan waits for new water pipes
-Bridge Michigan spoke with Dr. Mona Hannah-Attisha about what it will take to remove lead from our water supply and how residents can protect themselves in the process.
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Michigan cities must begin replacing lead pipes. But who has the cash?
-As utilities across the state launch into a massive lead line replacement effort expected to be paid for largely by ratepayers, they are navigating a host of challenges, from the price to replace pipes to where they’ll find enough contractors to do the work.
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Drinking Water News Roundup: Illinois, New York see lead in drinking water, Pennsylvania drilling ban, Ontario First Nations boil advisories
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Tests reveal PFAS contamination in 40 La Crosse-area wells
-The findings come after La Crosse, Wisconsin, tested more than 100 private wells downstream from the La Crosse Regional Airport
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Flint families welcome water crisis charges, seek healing
-“I literally could have cried,” said Ariana Hawk, sitting in her car after learning Tuesday that former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and others in his administration were expected to be charged.
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Ex.-Michigan Gov. Snyder charged in Flint water crisis
-The charges are groundbreaking: No governor or former governor in Michigan’s 184-year history had been charged with crimes related to their time in that office, according to the state archivist.
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Flint water crisis: Rooted in neglect, fallout continues
-In light of the new charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, here’s a primer on Flint’s 2014 lead crisis.
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Michigan plans to charge ex-Gov. Snyder in Flint water probe
-Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they’re being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal.
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In Trump Administration’s Final-Days Deregulatory Push, Army Corps Reduces Stream Protections
-Changes to the nationwide permits for dredging and filling waterways will expose more stretches of small streams to development.
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European Colonists Dramatically Increased North American Erosion Rates
-Around 200 years ago, when conversion of land for agriculture became more widespread, the amount of sediment accumulating in riverbeds across the continent jumped tenfold.