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August 21, 2018

Michigan Health Director Faces Involuntary Manslaughter Trial over Flint Water Crisis
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In Michigan, state health director Nick Lyons is facing trial for
involuntary manslaughter over the deaths of two men amid an outbreak of
Legionnaires' disease in Flint after the city switched its water supply
to the Flint River in an attempt to save money. Lyons is the
highest-ranking state official to face charges so far over Flint's
water-poisoning crisis. He's also being charged with willful neglect of
duty and misconduct. Michigan has admitted 12 people died in the
outbreak, but a recent report by PBS "Frontline" has found the death
toll from the water crisis in Flint may be higher than Michigan
officials have acknowledged.


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