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This is why we use the word “coverup” when talking about the Flint water crisis

By Mark | January 17, 2016

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 […]

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, 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, transparency, water | 17 Comments

Flint’s Mayor declares state of emergency as lead poisoning cases increase in wake of water fiasco

By Mark | December 15, 2015

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, Flint River, 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, water, water fountains | 38 Comments

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