Flint is a city located 70 miles north of Detroit and inhabits a little over 98,000 people, 41.2 percent of them living below the poverty line and a median household income of $24,862.00. 56.6 percent of Flint residents are African-American. While Flint was once a thriving automotive, industrial city, when GM began to downsize in the […]
Administrators cautioned residents to keep using filtered water as city’s old lead pipes are replaced. UPDATE: Tuesday, January 24 7:40 PM ET Michigan state officials said Tuesday that lead levels in Flint drinking water have fallen below the federal limits, reports Reuters. From Reuters: [With the news, State officials] cautioned residents to keep using filtered […]