MSU Extension promotes steps to reduce lead in water
Practical actions that can reduce lead in drinking water are highlights of a recently concluded multistate project.
Government: 3 to be charged in Flint water crisis
Michigan’s attorney general will announce criminal charges today against two state regulators and a Flint employee, alleging wrongdoing related to the city’s lead-tainted water crisis, according to government officials familiar with the investigation.
MSU Extension offers lead, healthy homes training
Good health begins at home, and Mississippians can learn more about hidden dangers lurking in their household environments through workshops available from the Mississippi State University Extension Service.
Jackson rejects emergency declaration over water
Jackson officials have declined to declare a state of emergency over high levels of lead discovered in Jackson’s tap water.
How safe is your drinking water?
There is increased scrutiny nationwide of lead levels in drinking water following the crisis in Flint, Michigan, but local officials say there’s no reason for fears of similar issues in Columbus and Starkville.
Flint counsel: Manslaughter charge harshest possible
Flint’s water crisis, after a switch in the drinking water source allowed dangerous levels of lead and potentially caused deadly cases of Legionnaires’ disease, could result in criminal charges as serious as involuntary manslaughter, a top investigator said Tuesday.
Lead pipes lurk in older neighborhoods across the nation
Lead pipes like the ones that led to contamination of the tap water in Flint, Michigan, carry water into millions of older homes across the U.S. every day, a legacy of an era before scientists realized the severe long-term health consequences of exposure to the heavy metal.
Would Flint crisis happen in wealthier, whiter community?
Ever since the full extent of the Flint water crisis emerged, one question has persisted: Would this have happened in a wealthier, whiter community?