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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has issued an executive directive to state departments and agencies to expedite the ordering and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines for children 5 to 11 years old in Michigan.
While available vaccines have proven highly effective in controlling COVID-19 and its variants to date, the virus continues to spread — particularly among unvaccinated populations. In...
Any community. >> reporter: but benton harbor isn't alone. the natural resources defense council and environmental group estimates some 22 million americans, most in the midwest and northeast, may be getting their drinking water, at least in part, from lead pipes. >> they are concentrated in these older communities which also are disproportionately where we have more vulnerable populations, people who are poor, and predominantly people of color. >> reporter: michigan's democratic governor signed an executive directive to expedite the replacement of lead pipes here asking for more money from th...
They have not seen any uptick in terms of in seniors or in children. however, you know, our posture at this point is caution as it rilts to the drinking water. we'll be testing residents' water as well as children and the governor's directive or executive directive allows for it to be done at no cost. it's an all hands on deck, all-government approach. the city council just recently declared a local emergency, which empowers the mayor, myself, to work with the agencies and do whatever is necessary to resolve this problem as quickly as possible. >> we hope you're able to move quickly. so many f...
Brushing your teeth. >> reporter: since 2018, samples of water taken from hundreds of homes here have shown lead above the federal threshold of 15 parts per billion gallons of water. >> nobody, nobody should have water that they can't drink that they have to pay for it. nobody should have contaminated water. this is america. this should not be happening. to any community. >> reporter: but benton harbor isn't alone. the natural resources defense council, an environmental group estimates some 22 million americans, most in the midwest and northeast, may be getting their drinking water, at least i...