Expert panel has 1st meeting on Flint’s lead-tainted water

But seven of the petitions were filed by the same person, Angelo Scott Brown of Detroit, who has had several previous recall petitions rejected by the board on the grounds that they did not clearly and factually state the reasons for the proposed recall.

In fact, he says adding all those bottles to the recycling system will make it more financially viable.

Gov. Snyder forced them to drink toxic water from corroded pipes that pumped toxic river water into their homes.

The emergency spending bill includes money for more bottled water and filters and services to monitor for developmental delays in young children. It will help Flint residents recover from the trauma, and it will help inform elected leaders how to prevent this kind of problem in the future.

The Flint Water Interagency Coordinating Committee is a 17-member panel that will make recommendations regarding the health of people exposed to lead, study Flint’s water infrastructure, and establish ways to improve communication between local and state government.

The cash-strapped city was reportedly hoping to save $5 million over two years by drawing water from the Flint River beginning in April 2014 rather than continuing to buy it from nearby Detroit.

Snyder also announced that the state would have an increased administrative presence in Flint and called it the beginning of a long-term effort.

Environmental and civil rights groups filed a lawsuit earlier in the day demanding the prompt replacement of all lead pipes in Flint’s water system at no cost to customers.

Snyder was invited to the town hall meeting, but was not there. It’s estimated that there could be about 25,000 homes that need new pipes.

“So really, we need to establish the right medical protocols, the public health pieces, the educational process things, to watch these kids for years that didn’t have higher blood levels in terms of a blood test. Because they could be affected”.

In an emergency administrative order, the Environmental Protection Agency slammed the city of Flint, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the state of Michigan, saying they are all responsible for the lead contamination in the city’s water.

Maddow reminded viewers that thanks to Gov. Snyder’s city manager in Flint, the responsibility for the poisoning of a city rested with the governor and state officials, not the local politicians.

Just how many lead pipes are there in Flint, Michigan, where the water has been undrinkable because of high lead levels?

Senate Democrats said Wednesday they will push to address the water crisis in Flint, Michigan as part of a bipartisan energy bill being debated in the Senate. Snyder eventually admitted that his government had made a awful mistake, and multiple state officials resigned, as did the EPA’s regional administrator.

Snyder has promised to set aside more funding for Flint in his upcoming budget proposal.

Legislators said they were able to shift about $3.4 million to other Flint priorities because of charitable donations and the ability to buy water at discounted rates after a federal emergency declaration was issued.

Gores, who is chairman of Los Angeles-based Platinum Equity, also will contribute. Oxfam says that, “growing economic inequality is bad for us all – it undermines growth and social cohesion…the consequences for the world’s poorest people are particularly severe”.

It’s too soon to know exactly how many children were harmed by lead-poisoned water in Flint, Michigan, the state’s governor says.

The Senate on Thursday approved the bill with changes, including shifting $1.75 million from bottled water purchases to the Department of Education for children’s health assessments.

The long-standing lack of concern at every level of government about poisonous water in Flint, Mich., should serve as a cautionary tale for the rest of the nation.