Opinion: I live in Flint, Michigan. Shuttering environmental justice at EPA hurts communities like mine.

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By Benjamin PauliApr 3, 2025, 6:00 am79 ptsTrending
Eleven years ago Flint, Michigan, fatefully switched its drinking water supply to the Flint River. The consequences are well-documented: significant damage to pipes, a historic outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, system-wide lead contamination. My then-three-year-old son was one of the children who drank that…

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Opinion: I live in Flint, Michigan. Shuttering environmental justice at EPA hurts communities like mine.

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