High lead, copper levels force Detroit Public Schools to shut off drinking water

August 29th, 20180 After tests revealed elevated lead and copper levels Detroit Public Schools' drinking water, the district prompted all of the drinking water to be shut off. The following statement was released from Dr. Nikolai Vitti, superintendent of Detroit Public Schools Community District: I initiated water testing of all of our school...

Flint free from state oversight

April 13th, 20180 FLINT — When Flint’s oversight moved to a receivership transition advisory board, Governor Snyder stated that city officials worked hard to reverse the financial emergency that led to state-appointed emergency managers from November 2011 to April 2015. Flint’s emergency manager changed the city’s water source in 2014 in an...

Pollution and southwest Detroit

February 2nd, 20180 By Omar Abdel-Baqui The Latino Press "These particles and chemicals can penetrate our body and enter our bloodstream and wreak havoc on health. We have only recently realized the serious damage PM2.5 can cause." - Guy Williams, president & CEO of Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice Residents of southwest Detroit...