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Watchdog: EPA could have declared Flint emergency six months earlier

By Kyle Feldscher
Published October 20, 2016 5:38pm ET
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Watchdog: EPA could have declared Flint emergency six months earlier
The agency didn't issue a warning for six months after it was able to, the watchdog reported. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya File) | Paul Sancya

The Environmental Protection Agency knew enough about the lead water crisis in Flint, Mich., to issue an emergency declaration six months earlier than it did, according to the EPA’s inspector general.

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