The head of the Michigan health department was charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter, the highest-ranking member of Gov. Nick Lyon is accused of failing to alert the public about an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the Flint area, which has been linked by some experts to poor water quality in 2014-15. Flint began using water from the Flint River in 2014 but didn’t treat it to reduce corrosion. Some experts also have linked the water to Legionnaires’ disease, a type of pneumonia caused by bacteria that thrive in warm water and infect the lungs. There were nearly 100 cases in the Flint area, including 12 deaths, in 2014 and 2015.

Source: Hindustan Times June 14, 2017 12:57 UTC