Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician in Flint and lead author of the study, said she sees the emotional effects of the water crisis every day as she takes lead level readings in children.

Flint falters Flint's crisis was set in motion in 2014, when a state-appointed emergency manager ended a contract with Detroit's water system and switched to the Flint River to save money.

Back in April 2014, the city of Flint changed its water source from Detroit’s system — which draws from Lake Huron — to the Flint River to save coin. Needless to say, that backfired.

Flint has replaced most of its lead pipes more than a decade after contamination was found in the city's water system. On Tuesday (July 1), Michigan state officials submitted a progress report in ...

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha testifies during a meeting of Michigan's special Joint Committee on the Flint Water Public Health Emergency, March 29, 2016, at the Northbank Center in Flint, Mich.

Over 10 years after a water crisis began in Flint, Michigan, the city has hit a milestone. Its lead pipe remediation efforts have been completed, with a goal to ensure that citizens have access to ...

This week, Flint officials hit a key marker in the near-decade-long journey to replace lead service lines after a drinking water crisis gripped the city and drew international scrutiny, according ...

Flint falters Flint’s crisis was set in motion in 2014, when a state-appointed emergency manager ended a contract with Detroit’s water system and switched to the Flint River to save money. But ...

The state apparently started buying bottled water for its office building in Flint more than a year ago -- even as state officials were assuring city residents that tap water here was safe to drink.

FEMA has been providing bottled water -- some 71,000 liters to date -- and filters to Flint residents. "The situation is anything but being ignored by the White House," Earnest said.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates the water crisis exposed nearly 100,000 residents of Flint to lead. A copper water supply line, left, after being installed to replace lead ...

Back in April 2014, the city of Flint changed its water source from Detroit’s system — which draws from Lake Huron — to the Flint River to save coin. Needless to say, that backfired.