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House approves "Brown Alert" bill to notify public of dangerous water contamination
Summary
House Bill 4427, described on the floor as the "Brown Alert," was presented as a measure to notify the public—via emergency alerts—when water contamination (including dangerous E. coli levels) makes recreational water unsafe. Representative Saint Germain urged passage calling it a "common sense" public‑health step; the bill was reported passed and
The Michigan House approved House Bill 4427, which would create a "Brown Alert" under the Emergency Management Act to notify the public when recreational waters reach dangerous contamination levels (described in the floor remarks as unsafe levels of E. coli).
Representative Saint Germain told the House the bill would trigger emergency alerts from the state's emergency management system to cell phones when testing detects dangerous levels of bacteria or other contamination that…
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