“We are thinking that people here in Lima, Ohio, we can at least give them something, show our pride and help out”, Glenn said.
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“With all the information we have to date, the city is at no risk”, said Josh Snyder, public works director.
The lawsuit centers on allegations by Flint residents that the city and state endangered their health by exposing them to risky lead levels in their tap water after switching their supply a year ago in a move to save money. Their effort to switch back was rebuffed by the Snyder-appointed emergency city manager, who declared that the water was safe. Some cities still use the lead pipes because of the prohibitive cost of replacing them – Lansing, Mich., is spending about $42 million over 10 years to replace that city’s lead pipes. “How do you make sure it never happens again and how do you be better and stronger moving forward”, Snyder told the gathering on Friday.
Snyder, himself a Republican, said that it would be irresponsible not to act. “We are not anywhere comparable to Flint”. “So let’s do something about it”.
“Following EPA protocol, 30 homes throughout town were chosen to test for lead and copper in the water”. Water samples must be taken with at-home testing kits provided by the state and dropped off at five Flint firehouses that also are operating as water resource sites, state officials said in a release.
An internal report from the committee found that the Environmental Protection Agency, which has oversight over state and local water systems under federal law, had known about contamination as early as February 2015.
I think we can all agree that the Flint water scandal is truly a tragedy of how it has affected the citizens, especially the children, and our hope is that it will be corrected as soon as possible.
On campus, as a student at the University of Minnesota and in my home, I am able to turn on my tap and drink Mississippi River water with full confidence in its quality and safety. Because of that, into January, it’s still not safe enough to drink and may not be until the water infrastructure is completely overhauled.
“If they suspect they have lead pipes we recommend they contact their plumber”, Gardner said.
More than 18 million people rely on the Mississippi River for drinking water.
Snyder is now calling on Agriculture officials to waive the rules and provide the nutritional assistance anyway, saying good nutrition is part of the doctor recommended recovery process for children exposed to lead.
“You want to drive in and see so many signs of progress and you see none”. And whatever heat he’s faced, it’s nothing compared to what the people of Flint are going through.
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President Barack Obama has said it was “inexplicable and inexcusable” that Flint’s residents were drinking contaminated water.
