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Nine Former Michigan Officials, Including Ex-Gov. Rick Snyder, Charged in Flint Water Crisis
More than six years after residents learned that they had been exposed to lead-contaminated drinking water and a deadly disease outbreak, top leadership in the state and city at the time have been indicted on criminal charges in connection with their role in the crisis.
January 14, 2021
Michigan Ex-Gov. Rick Snyder Charged in Flint Water Crisis
Michigan’s former governor Rick Snyder was charged Wednesday with willful neglect of duty for his role in the deadly Flint water crisis that poisoned residents and is still overshadowing the city.
January 13, 2021
Charges Expected for Former Gov. Snyder, Top Officials for Flint Water Crisis
Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and some of his top health officials and aides are expecting criminal charges for their roles in the Flint water crisis, according to two lawyers involved in the case.
January 12, 2021
Michigan Reaches $600M Settlement in Flint Water Crisis Case
The largest benefactors of the settlement are the city’s most vulnerable — the children. Nearly 80 percent of the funds will be distributed to those who were children during the water crisis.
August 20, 2020
“Flint’s Deadly Water”: 8 Key Takeaways From FRONTLINE’s Investigation of the Flint Water Crisis
Uncounted deaths. Unheeded warnings. Here are key takeaways from FRONTLINE's groundbreaking investigation of a crisis that continues.
September 11, 2019
The EPA Says Flint's Water is Safe — Scientists Aren't So Sure
Though Flint’s water, which once tested dangerously high for lead, is now within federal safety standards, microbiologists, infectious disease experts and officials worry that harmful elements may still remain — and that state and federal regulators aren’t actively testing for them.
September 10, 2019
We Found Dozens of Uncounted Deaths During the Flint Water Crisis. Here’s How.
A deadly outbreak during the water crisis officially killed 12 people. A FRONTLINE investigation strongly suggests the toll was much higher. Here's how we did it.
September 10, 2019
Tonight on FRONTLINE: The Toll of the Flint Water Crisis, Exposed
A note from FRONTLINE Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath about "Flint's Deadly Water."
September 10, 2019
Amid Water Crisis, Michigan’s Top Health Official Said Flint Residents “Have to Die of Something,” Scientists Say
Following a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that coincided with the Flint water crisis, a team of scientists urged Nick Lyon to step up monitoring of the disease or else more people could die. His response, they say, was, “They’ll have to die of something.”
September 9, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: Before Flint’s Water Crisis, One Man Warned That “People Are Gonna Die”
A foreman at Flint’s water treatment plant tried to sound the alarm, a new FRONTLINE documentary exclusively reveals.
September 5, 2019
Five Years In, the Flint Water Crisis Continues Its Deadly Toll
Over the past two years, FRONTLINE has been investigating the extent and toll of the Legionnaires’ outbreak in Flint — which, despite being one of the largest in U.S. history, has been eclipsed by outrage over high lead levels in the water and the resulting public health crisis.
April 25, 2019
Top State Health Official to Stand Trial for Flint Water Crisis Role
Nick Lyon, the director of Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services, is the first of more than a dozen state and local officials to be sent to trial as part of a sprawling criminal investigation opened in January 2016 by the state attorney general.
August 20, 2018