Tag: help-the-state

  • Replace pipes that ‘poisoned’ Flint water, lawsuit demands

    The downtrodden US city of Flint was poisoned in a misguided drive by penny-pinching officials to save money, a lawsuit filed Wednesday claimed, demanding the corroded lead pipes responsible for contaminating tap water be immediately replaced. “In a failed attempt to save a few bucks, state-appointed officials poisoned the drinking water of an important American…

  • Replace pipes that ‘poisoned’ Flint water, lawsuit demands

    The downtrodden US city of Flint was poisoned in a misguided drive by penny-pinching officials to save money, a lawsuit filed Wednesday claimed, demanding the corroded lead pipes responsible for contaminating tap water be immediately replaced. “In a failed attempt to save a few bucks, state-appointed officials poisoned the drinking water of an important American…

  • Caught off-guard by Zika, Brazil struggles with deformed babies

    By Anthony Boadle RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) – Angela Rocha, a pediatrician in northeastern Brazil, measures the head of a child born with microcephaly, a tragic neurological complication linked to Zika, the mosquito-borne virus sparking a health scare across the Americas. More than 1,000 cases of microcephaly have been reported in just a few months in…