Developments in the Flint Water Crisis

The head of the Michigan Health Department and the state’s chief medical officer are being charged in the investigation of Flint’s lead contaminated water.
Dr. Eden Wells is being charged with obstruction of justice and lying to a police officer. Nick Lyon, who is the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, is charged with involuntary manslaughter among other crimes. He’s accused of failing to alert the public of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak.
The water crisis in Flint began when the city didn’t treat its water to reduce corrosion in 2014, leading to the release of lead from old pipes.
Experts have linked the water to the Legionnaires’ disease cases.