Mich. governor plans $360 million for Flint

The system’s pipes still had residual coating of phosphates from the years when they carried water from Detroit, which used corrosion controls, he said.

Todd Flood, who was appointed as special counsel by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month because Schuette’s office is defending the state in civil lawsuits, said manslaughter charges could be on the table if government officials were grossly negligent in their handling of the city’s water change and the aftermath.

“Lead exposure can be…it can’t be cured but it can be overcome”, said Kildee.

He talked about test results that showed less lead in the tap water and said it should be safe to use for bathing, but he also said he understood if people didn’t believe him. The effort includes steps to get people the health-related services they need more rapidly, including home visits, inspections and transportation for appointments. Donovan “likes the direction” of the bill “but has some suggestions” on how it could be improved, Kildee said.

“They tell us what they need and we load it in their vehicle – there’s no specific amount that we give them – some people ask for two all the way up to six“, said Perrigan.

“It’s very obvious this is a contrived explanation after the fact and it makes no sense”, Edwards said. The river water wasn’t treated properly and the river’s highly corrosive water scraped lead from pipes and fixtures. For many households already using filters, they now must boil the water says Newser. The bill comes in response to the water crisis in Flint, Michigan after high lead levels left residents without drinkable water.

He was adamant about this new PR crisis saying, “No, that was absolutely inaccurate, what was reported”.

Researchers at Virginia Tech University chose to study the water and, in September 2015, concluded that it was “creating a public health threat”. On Wednesday, Snyder declined to testify before a Congressional hearing on the crisis.

Last week, it came to light that a number of MI state officials were alerted to a spike in cases of Legionnaires’ disease and their possible connection to changes in the city’s water supply-about a year before MI governor Rick Snyder told the public.

No child was ever at risk during the testing period, as the district had issued advisories telling students and staff not to drink water in the schools on September 25.

The bureau’s Director Edward Rodgers says in a statement that officials “will continue to provide assistance to any Flint resident who is blind or visually impaired”.

Roxanne Adair, a vendor at the local farmers market, says this goes deeper than just the water.

Rick Snyder on Wednesday proposed spending hundreds of millions more dollars to address Flint’s water crisis and to update infrastructure, including lead water pipes, in the city and across the state.

The Legislature will add to and take from the governor’s budget before a final version is passed sometime this summer, but here’s a look at some of the things Snyder wants for his employees.

“To be honest, as a child in Flint it would make me feel as if I do not matter”, said Tawaab.