Flint blame game: former EPA manager says state officials at fault for water crisis

Susan Hedman was accused of doing nothing to protect Flint's children - but in a congressional hearing she said state officials failed to act on agency's concerns

The Environmental Protection Agency manager who resigned over the Flint poisoned water scandal has blamed state officials for the disaster during an acrimonious congressional inquiry.

Susan Hedman, who was the regional EPA head for Flint, told the hearing she resigned due to "false allegations" in the media that she had failed to react to the crisis and sidelined Miguel del Toral, an EPA official who wrote a memo warning of the dangerous situation in Flint.