Flint water crisis articles
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Michigan doctor who revealed Flint water crisis now takes on child poverty
Mona Hanna-Attisha launched a program to provide funds during a newborn’s first year – and wants to replicate it across the countryFlint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later: ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’In 2015, Dr Mona Hanna-Attisha alerted the world that children were being poisoned by lead in the water of her home town of Flint, Michigan. Now, as Flint marks the 10-year anniversary of the crisis, she’s set her sights on another target: the underlying poverty that she...
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As the climate crisis hits, here's how Singapore's national water agency is pivoting
Continual investments in technology and research, innovative infrastructure design and circular economy principles can help Singapore achieve water security in the context of climate change, says Ridzuan Ismail with Singapore’s national water agency, PUB.
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Hawaii’s Water Crisis Intensifies Due to Tourism and Climate Change
As Hawaii faces a mounting water crisis, Oahu stands on the brink of what locals describe as an environmental catastrophe.