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, coverups, Dan Wyant, Dennis Muchmore, Emergency Manager, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Flint, 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
Rachel Maddow lays the Flint water public health emergency at the feet of Governor Rick Snyder
Apparently I wasn’t the only one who got pissed off a few days ago, when hearing Michigan Governor Rick Snyder suggest that the kids in Flint who are suffering from lead poisoning could have been poisoned not by the actions of his administration, which knowingly continued sending lead tainted water into their homes, but by […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics Also tagged clean water, Darnell Earley, Emergency Manager, Flint, lead, lead poisoning, public health, public health emergency, Rachel Maddow, Rick Snyder 10 Comments
Flint’s Mayor declares state of emergency as lead poisoning cases increase in wake of water fiasco
In hopes of attracting federal public health resources to Flint, where an alarmingly large portion of the population is suffering from lead poisoning as a result of the government’s mismanagement of water resources, the city’s new Mayor, Karen Weaver, declared a state of emergency last night. This comes just months after Flint’s Hurley Medical Center […]
Posted in Environment, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Andy Dillon, Brad Wurfel, copper, Emergency Manager, Erin Brockovich, Flint, Hurley Medical Center, Karegnondi Water Authority, lead, lead poisoning, Lee Anne Walters, Lindsey Smith, Marc Edwards, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, public health, public health emergency, Rick Snyder, state of emergency, water, water fountains 38 Comments