Federal auditors announced an investigation Friday of how the government has dealt with lead contamination of drinking water in Benton Harbor, an impoverished, mostly Black city in southwest Michigan.
The probe by the Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general follows a petition months…
Federal auditors want to know whether the EPA followed a policy, created in response to the Flint water crisis, that was supposed to speed up action during future public health emergencies.
"Federal auditors announced an investigation Friday of how the government has dealt with lead contamination of drinking water in Benton Harbor, an impoverished, mostly Black city in southwest Michigan."