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On Wednesday the attorney general for the State of Michigan has filed a civil lawsuit against two water engineering companies. The suit demands hundreds of millions in damages, claiming the companies caused and exacerbated Flint's lead-tainted water crisis. Attorney General Bill Schuette sued Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, known as LAN. The companies were hired by the city to assist while it was under state emergency management. The nearly 100,000 residents of Flint have been dealing with poor water quality since switching from the Detroit system, which draws from Lake Huron, to the Flint River in April 2014.

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