The Michigan State and Genesee County Health Departments are asking pediatricians to test all children up to age 6 who consumed Flint city water after April 2014. In collaboration with the county health department, Magellan Diagnostics has announced it is loaning its LeadCare II systems to practices in Flint to expand access to testing.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced he has named former prosecutor Todd Flood as Special Counsel in his probe of the Flint water crisis and that retired Detroit FBI chief Andrew Arena will also join the investigation into whether any Michigan laws were violated in the process that created a major public health crisis for Flint residents.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services today issued its report regarding the increase of Legionnaires’ disease (LD) during 2015 in Genesee County.
Today on the Free Beer and Hot Wings 16th Segment, the guys talk about what's been dominating the news recently, the disgusting water the people of Flint have been living with. A lot of information is coming out, and a lot more people are involved than just the Governor.
At Tuesday's State of the State address, Governor Rick Snyder announced that he would release his 2014 and 2015 emails about Flint.
Those emails are now available to the public.
Gov. Rick Snyder today submitted an appeal to President Barack Obama following the denial of a major disaster declaration, a move that could potentially bring additional resources to help the people of Flint.
The Flint water crisis finds Flint residents with a continuing need for water.
Here's where you can drop off donations of sealed bottled water in West Michigan.
The Flint water crisis is getting national attention, with celebrities weighing in on the situation.
Film director Michael Moore has started a petition on his website calling for the arrest of Gov. Rick Snyder.
I'm an iPhone guy. I've had them since the first generation. I don't upgrade every year, that's really pricey, but I do try to upgrade every couple years. I have no interest in switching to Android or Windows, so don't pressure me to change. Apple may not be first with all the new toys, but they usually do them well when they add them in.
Just read that headline again. This is an actual thing. We have a rover on the red planet, and it has sent back pretty good evidence that there is water flowing on Mars. This is very exciting news, and also something we can't actually prove, since we could just send the rover over to check it out.
But guess what...we can't.
Wandering aimlessly around the internet today, I found an article on our fingers, and the wrinklyness we experience when we get into the water for a long time.
Common "wisdom" makes us think that it's because we're swelling up after taking on water or something, or maybe the chemicals doing something to us. Seems like it would make sense, right?
Nope. Not the reason at all.