DETROIT - Prosecutors stunningly dropped all criminal charges Thursday against eight people in the Flint water scandal and pledged to start the investigation from scratch. He was accused of failing to timely alert the public about an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that occurred in 2014-15 when Flint was drawing improperly treated water from the Flint River. That led to residents’ water being tainted with lead. “Our team’s efforts have produced the most comprehensive body of evidence to date related to the Flint water crisis. While waiting for a new pipeline to bring water from Lake Huron, the majority-black city of 100,000 pulled water from the Flint River without treating it to reduce corrosive effects on old pipes.

Source: thestar June 13, 2019 18:22 UTC