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Michigan to Pay $600 Million to Victims of Flint Water Crisis
From https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/us/flint-water-crisis-settlement.html
Michigan to Pay $600 Million to Victims of Flint Water Crisis
Residents were left ill and relying on bottled water. Health officials said the effects on children were most concerning.
By Julie Bosman
Aug. 19, 2020
The state of Michigan is expected to pay about $600 million to victims of the Flint water crisis, according to two people with knowledge of a major settlement that is set to be announced this week.
The money would largely be designated for children in Flint who were poisoned by lead-tainted tap water after officials changed the city’s water supply six years ago, setting off a crisis that drew national attention and remains a worry for many residents.
Details of the settlement were not released and lawyers and public officials involved in the case declined to comment on Wednesday night. But tens of thousands of Flint residents were expected to be eligible to receive money under the settlement, which is subject to approval by a federal judge in Michigan.
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Residents were left ill and relying on bottled water. Health officials said the effects on children were most concerning.
By Julie Bosman
Aug. 19, 2020
The state of Michigan is expected to pay about $600 million to victims of the Flint water crisis, according to two people with knowledge of a major settlement that is set to be announced this week.
The money would largely be designated for children in Flint who were poisoned by lead-tainted tap water after officials changed the city’s water supply six years ago, setting off a crisis that drew national attention and remains a worry for many residents.
Details of the settlement were not released and lawyers and public officials involved in the case declined to comment on Wednesday night. But tens of thousands of Flint residents were expected to be eligible to receive money under the settlement, which is subject to approval by a federal judge in Michigan.
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$1 to each person, no doubt. 
