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Miles from Flint, Residents Turn Off Taps in New Water Crisis

Leah Fisher, 3, looked at bottled water provided by Wolverine Worldwide after tests showed that an old leather scrap dumpsite had tainted drinking water. Credit Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times

“Panic over the water in Plainfield Township in western Michigan seems to grow by the day. The Rogue River, which runs through, tested high for contaminants this month. Days later, Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan announced an ‘action team’ to address the substances. Health officials say they are studying a possible cancer cluster.”

Read the full article by Mitch Smith in the New York Times.

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