Flint Families Can Get Nutritious Food At Mobile Pantry In December, 2018
Flint families may get nutritious food that can limit the effects of lead exposure during mobile food pantry hours set for December at locations throughout Flint.More
Flint families may get nutritious food that can limit the effects of lead exposure during mobile food pantry hours set for December at locations throughout Flint.More
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After all Flint has endured, we know too many residents still feel that they don’t have a trustworthy source of information about the safety of their tap water. That’s why Freshwater Future has partnered with local organizations to launch the Youth Water Testing Program. We train local teens on proper sample collection methods and transport them throughout the city to collect tap water samples for testing.More
FLINT, Mich. For the ninth consecutive round, results from Extended Sentinel Site testing for the City of Flint’s water system have tested below action levels of the federal Lead and Copper Rule (LCR). This latest round of testing shows that 90 percent of the Tier I samples are at or below 6 parts per billion (PPB), which is well below the 15 PPB federal action level.
“Testing shows that for over a year now, more than 90 percent of Tier I sites, which are sites that may have a lead service line or are considered high risk, were at or below the federal action level of 15 PPB,” said Keith Creagh, director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and former interim director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality who remains the principal on Flint water. “The city’s water is one of the most monitored systems in the U.S. with respect to lead, and the results are comparable to cities with similar size and age of infrastructure in Michigan and across the nation.”More
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — A local entrepreneurial group has discovered a practical solution to address the lead contamination that has raised alarm in the city of Flint and across the United States — and it all started with reinforced hose.
As widely reported in the media, lead leaching from pipes in Flint’s water system has as much as doubled blood levels of the neurotoxin among children in parts of the city. Norman Martucci, mechanical engineer, inventor and manufacturer of a patented reinforced hose used to carry fuel in automotive, marine, and aerospace applications, sat down with Ken Kohn, Steven Kohn, and GreeningDetroit.com duo Cathleen Francois and John Carlos to initially discuss the procurement of a future manufacturing plant. As the conversation leaned toward the process and materials of the newly improved hose, the conversation led to the development of a lined pipe that can eliminate any toxic leaching in a water system.More