The St. Louis City Water Department is reassuring the public that there are not any unsafe levels of lead in city drinking water, after recent reports about lead in the drinking water in Flint, Michigan. “But it’s about having dictator power in the city…locals have no say”.
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The tragedy of Flint, Michigan, should send a clear message to libertarians and others who continue to claim that “government is the problem” as they continue to labor under the delusion that cities, counties, states, and even the nation would be better off if they were run like businesses.
That will help, but Mayor Karen Weaver says everything included federal funding, hinges on how the state will shoulder much of the financial burden for the water crisis.
Snyder told reporters he wanted the Medicaid social health care program to be expanded to cover all Flint children.
The city switched back to the Lake Huron water supply in October, but the damage was already done to the lead pipes.
“We’re trying to take action that is specific, that’s focused, that’s urgent and speaks to the people’s needs”, he said. On Wednesday, a group of organizations filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Flint and MI governments of violating federal laws that regulate drinking water. A spending bill pending in the state Senate includes $3 million to help the city with unpaid water bills.
To save money, Flint started pulling water from the Flint River in 2014.
Also on Wednesday, a coalition of Flint residents and national groups filed a lawsuit asking a federal court in Detroit to compel city and state officials to replace all lead water pipes promptly and at no cost to residents.
■Soliciting, through a transparent public process, the input of “nationally recognized experts” on safe water treatment, sampling and distribution.
RTHeartless, profit-driven corporations like Walmart, Coca-Cola, Pepsi Co., and Nestle have pledged to donate millions of water bottles to the people of Flint, Michigan. So I challenge both & anyone else in the world to match me & DONATE $1,000,000 in bottled water to Flint, Michigan & we want proof, shipping order receipts, bank wire receipts, pictures etc…
Officials at Walmart said in a statement that the water crisis has become personal to them.
DEQ Director Dan Wyant resigned in December after acknowledging the DEQ failed to require the addition of needed corrosion control chemicals to the corrosive Flint River water.
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A Republican legislative leader is criticizing Michigan’s attorney general for opening an investigation into Flint’s lead-tainted water, saying the probe should wait until a state task force’s work is done. Given widespread coverage of the Flint water crisis and its ongoing nature, the assertion doesn’t make much plausible sense (nor does it seem likely CPS could have the manpower to engage in such a large undertaking).
