In 1991, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a regulation to control the levels of lead and copper in American drinking water. This regulation, which is known as the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), required that, by January 1, 1997, “public water systems serving more than 50,000 people… survey their own corrosion control systems and […]
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This is why we use the word “coverup” when talking about the Flint water crisis
Posted in Civil Liberties, Environment, Uncategorized Also tagged accountability, Alec Gibbs, Bernie Sanders, Brad Wurfel, corrosion control, corruption, Dan Wyant, Dennis Muchmore, Emergency Manager, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Flint, Flint River, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, LCR, lead, Lead and Copper Rule, lead poisoning, Lee Anne Walters, Legionnaires' disease, Miguel Del Toral, protests, public health, Rick Snyder, scandal, scandals, state of emergency, transparency, water 17 Comments
Christopher Hitchens on the Pope
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy I’d lost a lot of respect for the seemingly perpetually inebriated Christopher Hitchens over the past decade – what with all the Bush love – but his recent work on the Pope and his culpability in hundreds of molestation cases is winning me […]
Posted in Other Also tagged child molestation, Christopher Hitchens, deaf, God, insane men of God, Joseph Ratzinger', Morning Joe, pedophile priests, pedophilia, Peter Hullerman, Pope, religion, the Catholic Church, Vatican 9 Comments