Snyder is lying. He's not gonna drink that crap.
Water Crisis in Flint, Michigan: April 25, 2014 - TBD; 5 Michigan Health Officials Charged
Hope they can make the charges stick and residents who have been affected receive some type of financial compensation.
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How Officials Distorted Flint’s Water Testing
By JOSH KELLER and DEREK WATKINS APRIL 21, 2016
Local and state officials claimed for months that tests showed that Flint’s water had safe levels of lead. But the officials used flawed testing methods, making the levels of lead in the water supply appear far less dangerous than they were.
Three of those officials were charged with crimes on Wednesday, accused of covering up glaring deficiencies in two rounds of lead testing conducted in 2014 and 2015.
Testing in 2014
Testing in 2015
FLINT
FLINT
Few sites resampled
Officials were legally required to test all of the 2014 sites again, but they revisited very few sites. All were known to have low lead levels.
1 MILE
A suspicious cluster
A number of samples were collected on a street with a relatively new water main, reducing the chances of finding lead contamination.
Some of the homes appeared to be chosen for testing because they were unlikely to have lead contamination. Eight of the 71 homes tested in 2015 were on the same block of Flushing Road. A relatively new water main on the street reduced the chances that the homes would test for high levels of lead, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
SLOAN STREET
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Uneven testing
A single block of houses next to a recently replaced water main accounted for more than 10 percent of Flint’s water tests in 2015.
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2429
FLUSHING ROAD
FLUSHING ROAD
2202
2130
2205
2114
BAGLEY STREET
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The testing itself was designed to create artificially low readings. Residents were told to run their taps for several minutes before samples were taken for lead testing, an unusual practice called “pre-flushing.” Two state officials face misdemeanor charges in part for this practice.
“All along they were claiming that the water was safe based on test results that had no validity whatsoever,” said Curt Guyette, an investigative journalist for the A.C.L.U. who helped unearth records that revealed the faulty testing.
When officials certified the testing results for each year, they stated that all of the homes tested were at high risk for lead contamination because they had lead service lines.
But that claim was false. In fact, the tests appeared to have included homes with pipes that did not pose a contamination risk, making overall lead levels seem lower than they actually were, Mr. Guyette said.
False records
The L’s marked on this form, a report of Flint’s water testing, wrongly indicated that all of the homes tested were supplied with lead pipes.
When outside reviewers tested Flint’s water last year, they found levels far exceeding federal standards. Thousands of children under 6 may have been exposed to lead.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/21/us/flint-lead-water-testing-distortions.html
mods can this be upped again? @Abogado @Brown_Pride @Liu Kang
By JOSH KELLER and DEREK WATKINS APRIL 21, 2016
Local and state officials claimed for months that tests showed that Flint’s water had safe levels of lead. But the officials used flawed testing methods, making the levels of lead in the water supply appear far less dangerous than they were.
Three of those officials were charged with crimes on Wednesday, accused of covering up glaring deficiencies in two rounds of lead testing conducted in 2014 and 2015.
Testing in 2014
Testing in 2015
FLINT
FLINT
Few sites resampled
Officials were legally required to test all of the 2014 sites again, but they revisited very few sites. All were known to have low lead levels.
1 MILE
A suspicious cluster
A number of samples were collected on a street with a relatively new water main, reducing the chances of finding lead contamination.
Some of the homes appeared to be chosen for testing because they were unlikely to have lead contamination. Eight of the 71 homes tested in 2015 were on the same block of Flushing Road. A relatively new water main on the street reduced the chances that the homes would test for high levels of lead, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
SLOAN STREET
2414
Uneven testing
A single block of houses next to a recently replaced water main accounted for more than 10 percent of Flint’s water tests in 2015.
2300
2429
FLUSHING ROAD
FLUSHING ROAD
2202
2130
2205
2114
BAGLEY STREET
2110
The testing itself was designed to create artificially low readings. Residents were told to run their taps for several minutes before samples were taken for lead testing, an unusual practice called “pre-flushing.” Two state officials face misdemeanor charges in part for this practice.
“All along they were claiming that the water was safe based on test results that had no validity whatsoever,” said Curt Guyette, an investigative journalist for the A.C.L.U. who helped unearth records that revealed the faulty testing.
When officials certified the testing results for each year, they stated that all of the homes tested were at high risk for lead contamination because they had lead service lines.
But that claim was false. In fact, the tests appeared to have included homes with pipes that did not pose a contamination risk, making overall lead levels seem lower than they actually were, Mr. Guyette said.
False records
The L’s marked on this form, a report of Flint’s water testing, wrongly indicated that all of the homes tested were supplied with lead pipes.
When outside reviewers tested Flint’s water last year, they found levels far exceeding federal standards. Thousands of children under 6 may have been exposed to lead.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/21/us/flint-lead-water-testing-distortions.html
mods can this be upped again? @Abogado @Brown_Pride @Liu Kang
How Officials Distorted Flint’s Water Testing
By JOSH KELLER and DEREK WATKINS APRIL 21, 2016
Local and state officials claimed for months that tests showed that Flint’s water had safe levels of lead. But the officials used flawed testing methods, making the levels of lead in the water supply appear far less dangerous than they were.
Three of those officials were charged with crimes on Wednesday, accused of covering up glaring deficiencies in two rounds of lead testing conducted in 2014 and 2015.
Testing in 2014
Testing in 2015
FLINT
FLINT
Few sites resampled
Officials were legally required to test all of the 2014 sites again, but they revisited very few sites. All were known to have low lead levels.
1 MILE
A suspicious cluster
A number of samples were collected on a street with a relatively new water main, reducing the chances of finding lead contamination.
Some of the homes appeared to be chosen for testing because they were unlikely to have lead contamination. Eight of the 71 homes tested in 2015 were on the same block of Flushing Road. A relatively new water main on the street reduced the chances that the homes would test for high levels of lead, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
SLOAN STREET
2414
Uneven testing
A single block of houses next to a recently replaced water main accounted for more than 10 percent of Flint’s water tests in 2015.
2300
2429
FLUSHING ROAD
FLUSHING ROAD
2202
2130
2205
2114
BAGLEY STREET
2110
The testing itself was designed to create artificially low readings. Residents were told to run their taps for several minutes before samples were taken for lead testing, an unusual practice called “pre-flushing.” Two state officials face misdemeanor charges in part for this practice.
“All along they were claiming that the water was safe based on test results that had no validity whatsoever,” said Curt Guyette, an investigative journalist for the A.C.L.U. who helped unearth records that revealed the faulty testing.
When officials certified the testing results for each year, they stated that all of the homes tested were at high risk for lead contamination because they had lead service lines.
But that claim was false. In fact, the tests appeared to have included homes with pipes that did not pose a contamination risk, making overall lead levels seem lower than they actually were, Mr. Guyette said.
False records
The L’s marked on this form, a report of Flint’s water testing, wrongly indicated that all of the homes tested were supplied with lead pipes.
When outside reviewers tested Flint’s water last year, they found levels far exceeding federal standards. Thousands of children under 6 may have been exposed to lead.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/21/us/flint-lead-water-testing-distortions.html
mods can this be upped again? @Abogado @Brown_Pride @Liu Kang
Yo this dude left for Europe
his excuse was that he said he'd drink the water for total of 30 days. Not 30 consecutive days starting now.
ADevilYouKhow
Rhyme Reason
Yo this dude left for Europe
I know you're not kidding.
ReturnOfJudah
Veteran
This nikka think European companies will bring their cooperations to Michigan with out necessities such as water
Yo this dude left for Europe
Someone needs to kill him when he gets back to the States. The audacity to go to Europe after saying he was gonna drink the Flint water for 30 days is mind boggling.
Yo this dude left for Europe
He has a history of fukkery
Rick Snyder Didn't Want to Sign Right-to-Work Legislation Until He Signed It
Red Shield
Global Domination
Yo this dude left for Europe
shyt is soo brazen
and no one confiscated his passport who's to say he'll even come back?!!??! Where's the fukking justice man?
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Fast Money & Foreign Objects
Amid Water Crisis, Obama Prepares To Visit Flint, Mich.
May 4, 20165:00 AM ET
SCOTT HORSLEY
Twitter
President Obama will visit Flint, Mich., on Wednesday to learn about the federal government's response to the lead water contamination there.
Carlos Osorio/AP
President Obama is on his way to Flint, Mich., to get a firsthand look at federal efforts to help people in the city where dangerous levels of lead were discovered in the tap water last year.
Obama will meet with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder as well as 8-year-old Mari Copeny, who's better known as "Little Miss Flint."
The third-grader wrote to the president in March saying, "I am one the children that is effected by this water and I've been doing my best to march in protest and to speak out for all the kids that live here in Flint."
Obama responded with a letter of his own, telling Mari, "I want to make sure people like you and your family are receiving the help you need and deserve."
Flint's problems with lead contamination began in 2014, when the cash-strapped city of 100,000 stopped buying water from Detroit and began tapping the Flint River instead. The corrosive river water was not properly treated and leached lead from the city's aging water pipes. Eventually, Flint switched back to Detroit water, but the contamination persisted. Lead poisoning has been shown to cause long-term learning disabilities in children.
Once the poisoning was discovered, there was no shortage of finger-pointing. Some politicians argued that similar lead contamination never would have been tolerated in a more affluent city. Flint is largely African-American and 4 in 10 residents live below the poverty line.
A commission appointed by Gov. Snyder — a Republican — put much of the blame on Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality. Two employees of the state agency now face criminal charges. Prosecutors also charged the manager of Flint's city utilities.
The EPA also came in for criticism. A regional EPA administrator, Susan Hedman, stepped down in February, after acknowledging her agency knew about the potential for lead problems as early as April of 2015.
So far this year, the federal government has distributed nearly 2 million gallons of bottled water, along with 55,000 water filters. Last month, state and federal officials declared that filtered tap water in Flint is now safe to drink.
The governor promised to drink Flint water for a month. Obama is not taking a similar stand. "I'm not aware of any photo ops that involve the president's consumption of water," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
Little Miss Flint's family is also skeptical. They're still relying on bottled water, and taking two-minute speed showers.
"It's absolutely exhausting," Mari's mother, LuLu Brezzell, told NPR's Here and Now. "You have to remind your kids not to drink the water, not to turn on the faucet, not to wash your hands for too long because they end up with rashes that are similar to chemical burns."
Brezzell said she hopes Obama declares a federal disaster in Flint, freeing up money to replace the city's outdated plumbing. But White House spokesman Earnest cautioned no big announcements are expected during the president's trip.
Earnest notes the federal government has already expanded access to health care and Head Start in the city. Medicaid is now available to all residents under 21 and the government has made grants to local health care providers as well.
Last week, a U.S. Senate committee passed a bill that includes up to $100 million in grants and loans to help Flint replace old water lines that contain lead. It's part of a broader, $9 billion package designed to improve harbors, ports and other public works.
Obama told college journalists at the White House that while Flint's problems are extreme, they are not unique. "We have underinvested in some of our basic infrastructure that we rely on for our public health," he said. "Hopefully [this visit] will give me a chance to speak to the nation as a whole about how we need to ensure that our air is clean, our water is clean and that our kids are safe."
Amid Water Crisis, Obama Prepares To Visit Flint, Mich.
May 4, 20165:00 AM ET
SCOTT HORSLEY
President Obama will visit Flint, Mich., on Wednesday to learn about the federal government's response to the lead water contamination there.
Carlos Osorio/AP
President Obama is on his way to Flint, Mich., to get a firsthand look at federal efforts to help people in the city where dangerous levels of lead were discovered in the tap water last year.
Obama will meet with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder as well as 8-year-old Mari Copeny, who's better known as "Little Miss Flint."
The third-grader wrote to the president in March saying, "I am one the children that is effected by this water and I've been doing my best to march in protest and to speak out for all the kids that live here in Flint."
Obama responded with a letter of his own, telling Mari, "I want to make sure people like you and your family are receiving the help you need and deserve."
Flint's problems with lead contamination began in 2014, when the cash-strapped city of 100,000 stopped buying water from Detroit and began tapping the Flint River instead. The corrosive river water was not properly treated and leached lead from the city's aging water pipes. Eventually, Flint switched back to Detroit water, but the contamination persisted. Lead poisoning has been shown to cause long-term learning disabilities in children.
Once the poisoning was discovered, there was no shortage of finger-pointing. Some politicians argued that similar lead contamination never would have been tolerated in a more affluent city. Flint is largely African-American and 4 in 10 residents live below the poverty line.
A commission appointed by Gov. Snyder — a Republican — put much of the blame on Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality. Two employees of the state agency now face criminal charges. Prosecutors also charged the manager of Flint's city utilities.
The EPA also came in for criticism. A regional EPA administrator, Susan Hedman, stepped down in February, after acknowledging her agency knew about the potential for lead problems as early as April of 2015.
So far this year, the federal government has distributed nearly 2 million gallons of bottled water, along with 55,000 water filters. Last month, state and federal officials declared that filtered tap water in Flint is now safe to drink.
The governor promised to drink Flint water for a month. Obama is not taking a similar stand. "I'm not aware of any photo ops that involve the president's consumption of water," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
Little Miss Flint's family is also skeptical. They're still relying on bottled water, and taking two-minute speed showers.
"It's absolutely exhausting," Mari's mother, LuLu Brezzell, told NPR's Here and Now. "You have to remind your kids not to drink the water, not to turn on the faucet, not to wash your hands for too long because they end up with rashes that are similar to chemical burns."
Brezzell said she hopes Obama declares a federal disaster in Flint, freeing up money to replace the city's outdated plumbing. But White House spokesman Earnest cautioned no big announcements are expected during the president's trip.
Earnest notes the federal government has already expanded access to health care and Head Start in the city. Medicaid is now available to all residents under 21 and the government has made grants to local health care providers as well.
Last week, a U.S. Senate committee passed a bill that includes up to $100 million in grants and loans to help Flint replace old water lines that contain lead. It's part of a broader, $9 billion package designed to improve harbors, ports and other public works.
Obama told college journalists at the White House that while Flint's problems are extreme, they are not unique. "We have underinvested in some of our basic infrastructure that we rely on for our public health," he said. "Hopefully [this visit] will give me a chance to speak to the nation as a whole about how we need to ensure that our air is clean, our water is clean and that our kids are safe."
Amid Water Crisis, Obama Prepares To Visit Flint, Mich.
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The Fire Rises 2023
More corruption...
they should just execute the lot of them like they did julius caesar in the senate room...