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Lead poisoned Flint, Michigan residents, health care professionals raise concerns about bone scan required for compensation Health care professionals, including Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, are raising serious concerns that victims of the Flint, Michigan water crisis may be exposed to harmful radiation from bone scans required to qualify for compensation from the $641.25 million water settlement. Residents must prove their bodies were damaged by lead-in-water poisoning by submitting themselves to x-rays. However, the portable devices being used on residents to detect lead have not been approved by...

Lawyers say modifications to a portable bone scanner are approved by medical experts as are the protocols being used to perform the bone scans.

Motion seeks details on common benefit fund in Flint water settlement Updated 4:14 PM; Today 4:14 PM The Flint water plant, as seen on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 in Flint. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | Mlive.com Facebook Share FLINT, MI -- Two law firms with clients in the Flint water crisis settlement are asking a federal judge to require the release detailed time and expense records used to justify payments from a $40-million common benefit fund to lawyers who performed work that led to the agreement. Philadelphia attorney Mark Cuker, who represents approximately 1,300 Flint residents in f...

Federal judge says she will meet for days if necessary to hear from residents about Flint water settlement Updated Dec 21, 2020; Posted Dec 21, 2020 The Flint water plant, as seen on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 in Flint. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | Mlive.com Facebook Share FLINT, MI -- A federal judge heard early defenses and criticism of a proposed settlement of Flint water crisis lawsuits Monday, Dec. 21, and told Flint residents she will take as long as necessary to hear any comments they have before giving final approval to the deal -- even if their testimony takes several days to compl...