lead exposure

The U.S. EPA recently proposed improvements to its Lead and Copper Rule. Michigan is already complying with the proposed improvements and has some of the most stringent lead and copper rules in the country, state officials say.

The intent is to reduce children’s exposure to lead. Lead is bad for everyone, but especially young children who are at greater risk of neurological harm.

Two bills in the Michigan Legislature could help reduce lead exposure and ensure kids are tested for lead.

Michigan is failing to enforce safe drinking water at school, a new report finds.

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.