While the increase in Legionnaires cases does coincide with the timeline of the city’s water problems, the switch from Detroit’s Lake Huron water to Flint River water can’t be directly blamed for the uptick, said Nick Lyon, director of the Michigan HHS, according to a CNN report.
Health department representatives have said that GeneseeCounty water is safe to bathe in, but the National Guard was called into Flint Wednesday morning to help distribute bottled water and water filters to mitigate further risk of lead poisoning cases.
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