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.

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.

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.

Lead pipes | Environmental Protection Agency photo Nearly a decade after high levels of lead were first detected in the City of Flint’s drinking water, the state of Michigan has submitted a ...

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 ...

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 water crisis in Flint, Mich., is far from over, but the Associated Press reports that the city’s water system no longer has levels of lead that grossly exceed the federal limit.

The Flint water crisis began in 2014, after a state-appointed emergency manager switched the city's water source from Detroit’s system to the Flint River as a cost-saving measure. The state didn ...

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 water pipes, more than ten years after contaminated water was found in the Michigan city's water system, prompting national outrage.

Flint has replaced most of its lead water pipes, more than ten years after contaminated water was found in the Michigan city's water system, prompting national outrage.