The plan also suggests hiring Flint’s youth to distribute water bottles for minimum wage, instead of the National Guard.
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Flint switched from Detroit’s water system in 2014 while under state emergency management and began drawing from the Flint River to save money, but the water wasn’t properly treated for corrosion. The doctor is credited with bringing the problem to the public’s attention.
Creagh says officials are studying whether the city’s pipes are being recoated with enough of a lining of phosphates to keep the lead from leaching.
“Coming from Africa, I know exactly what it means not to have clean water or not to have water at all, ” he said. “In doing so, they are exposing the people of Flint to lead, a powerful toxin that can be devastating to young children”.
The federal Safe Drinking Water Act directs water systems to test their drinking water for harmful contaminants and to treat the water to control for those contaminants.
Snyder’s office said Tuesday that the state is seeking expanded Medicaid eligibility for all residents in the impacted areas up to age 21.
Michigan’s Democratic leaders were critical of the Republican governor’s statements, saying he didn’t go far enough to accept blame for the failures and dedicate the necessary support to Flint residents for not only the short term but in the long term, as well. To those who think it’s easy getting this water to Flint, it’s not so the people who are PLEDGING they are, show us.
Leyton joins the list of state and federal prosecutors looking into the handling of the city’s drinking water.
“I am not confident that he can serve in the best interest of the Flint citizens”, Garrett said. At least three other cases have been filed over the last few months, one of which seeks to make the state and Gov. Snyder financially accountable for the crisis.
“I seen Madonna and Jimmy Fallon’s $10,000 donations … that’s cute, but not almost enough…So I challenge both and anyone else in the world to match me and DONATE $1,000,000 in bottled water to Flint Michigan”.
Gov. Rick Snyder, left, stands beside Flint Mayor Karen Weaver as they prepare to field questions from the media about the Flint water crisis during a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016, at City Hall in downtown, Flint, Mich. After the switch, residents complained their water had problems, and high levels of lead were found in the water supply.
Kettering University is hosting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 Emergency Response team in the Innovation Center as they manage and respond to the current water crisis in Flint. He said the first shipment of water from Avita is scheduled to arrive in Flint on Wednesday. So today, a substantial number of service lines, distribution lines, and household water pipes in American communities are made of lead.
The state investigation aims to determine “whether any MI laws were violated in the process that created a major public health crisis for Flint residents”.
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Calling it “outrageous” that Flint residents are being forced to pay for water that is unsafe to drink, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said Monday that he may take steps to halt the charges, reports NBC News.
