“People here tend to feel like they’ve been forgotten, like our lives don’t matter to the people in government-to the people in power-because so little has been done to fix the actual problem”, Copeny’s mother, LuLu Brezzell, said in an interview.
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In addition to the three trucks filled with the bottled water a bus filled with volunteers is also in route to help distribute the water door to door when they arrive in Flint.
Eric Mays, a Flint council member, asserted that the root cause of the water crisis was racism. It came from Lake Huron, with anti-corrosion chemicals added along the way.
President Barack Obama will be finally making a trip to Flint, Michigan-a city that has been fighting an ongoing water crisis since April 2014-next week, answering the request of 8-year old Flint activist, Mari Copeny. State regulators did not require the river water to be treated and the lead from aging pipes and plumbing contaminated the water supply. The measure would authorize $100 million in grants and loans to replace lead-contaminated pipes in Flint and other cities with lead emergencies – and $70 million toward loans to improve USA water systems It also includes $50 million to bolster lead-prevention programs and improve children’s health nationwide.
“We would certainly welcome a greater commitment, or frankly, any commitment from Republicans in Congress in responding to this situation”, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Wednesday.
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– Gov. Rick Snyder’s office releasing a new batch of emails in the flint water crisis just a short time ago. “We’ve always taught her to stand up for what she believes in and to use her voice”, Brezzell said. Pitt says that the “injuries to the people of Flint could have been avoided or minimized” if the EPA would’ve taken the correct action last June.
President Obama’s Letter to Mari Copeny.
Authorities say roughly 11 million liters of state-purchased water have been distributed to Flint residents since an emergency was declared in January over the city’s lead-tainted drinking water.
“When I heard on the news Flint was not worth doing anything on the water problem, that hurt my heart”, said Townsend, who said the scars some have reported on their body extend into a psychological damage that some are afraid may never be healed. And it blamed the Environmental Protection Agency’s delayed enforcement of federal drinking-water standards for “prolonging the calamity”.
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The committee voted 19-1 to report the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 to the Senate.
