Michigan on Tuesday set out meting out completely free water filtration to really locals of Flint, 7 days after validating that a few young children had high levels of show within their carnage considering that the downtown area commenced having water typically from neighboring waterway.
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The city of about 100,000 residents started using the Flint River as its water source in 2014 after a state-appointed emergency manager ruled out a deal to keep buying water from Detroit, 66 miles (106 km) to the southeast.
Gov. Rick Snyder says on Twitter that he will make an announcement about Flint water at 10 a.m. Thursday.
The state’s Web site says the governor will be joined by Flint Mayor Dayne Walling, other state officials, and Ridgway White of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
The filters will be available beginning today through a partnership between the Michigan Department of Health Human Services and the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department.
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In late September, a group of doctors also called a news conference to report that blood samples from local children were showing significantly high lead levels, which effectively indicated lead poisoning. “From what I see, the state is working very well with us”. In two zip codes, the percentage of children with above-average lead levels tripled.
