Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette (R) said words can "barely describe the tragedy" that is the Flint water crisis.
"Things went terribly wrong," he said Monday. "I would certainly not bathe a newborn child or a young infant in the bad water, and if you can't drink the bad water, you shouldn't pay for it." Although the city is no longer getting its water from the polluted Flint River, the water coming out of its taps is still tainted with lead and not safe for children. The Flint Journal reported in 2014 that residents pay on average $140 a month for water, something Schuette calls an "outrage."
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
Today's political cartoons - January 11, 2025Cartoons Saturday's cartoons - a welcome kiss, a kiss goodbye, and more
-
5 evergreen cartoons about Trump annexing GreenlandCartoons Artists take on changing priorities, taking a putt, and more
-
The New Jersey 'UFO' drone scareIn the Spotlight Reports of mysterious low-flying aircraft provoked outlandish theories, but old-fashioned hysteria appears to have been to blame
-
Biden cancels Italy trip as raging LA fires spreadSpeed Read The majority of the fires remain 0% contained
-
Fast-spreading Los Angeles wildfires spark panicSpeed Read About 30,000 people were under an evacuation order as the inferno spread
-
Hundreds feared dead in French Mayotte cycloneSpeed Read Cyclone Chido slammed into Mayotte, a French territory in the Indian Ocean
-
Thirteen missing after Red Sea tourist boat sinksSpeed Read The vessel sank near the Egyptian coastal town of Marsa Alam
-
Global plastics summit starts as COP29 endsSpeed Read Negotiators gathering in South Korea seek an end to the world's plastic pollution crisis, though Trump's election may muddle the deal
-
Biden visits Amazon, says climate legacy irreversibleSpeed Read Nobody can reverse America's 'clean energy revolution,' said the president, despite the incoming Trump administration's promises to dismantle climate policies
-
At least 95 dead in Spain flash floodsSpeed Read Torrential rainfall caused the country's worst flooding since 1996
-
Cuba roiled by island-wide blackouts, Hurricane OscarSpeed Read The country's power grid collapsed for the fourth time in just two days
