Michael Moore: Don’t send bottled water to Flint

The fund, established by the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, is a supplemental…

“We’ve had a city in the United States of America where the population, which is poor in many ways and majority African American, has been drinking and bathing in lead-contaminated water and the governor in that state acted as though he didn’t really care”, Clinton said.

Ranger estimates there is a need for about 6,000 new faucets in Flint homes so residents can use the free water filters provided by the state. “But the most important I think right now…is to start the focus on the assessment and the providing of services”.

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow shows an example of a piece of galvanized pipe, which was cut out of the wall from Flint resident Harold Harrington’s home during a television broadcast on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016 at Holmes STEM Academy in Flint, Mich. Flint residents coping with lead contamination will be cleared to drink unfiltered water again only when outside experts determine it is safe, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said Wednesday, acknowledging their mistrust of government officials while saying a full replacement of the city’s pipes is not imminent. But a top GOP leader raised doubts about a pricey federal response to the local crisis, suggesting the measure won’t be easily embraced by Republicans who control Congress.

Snyder declared a state of emergency January 5 and called out the National Guard to assist with water and filter distribution January 12.

There is no way to erase this injustice, but the federal government can help to clean up the mess caused by the state of MI and help the families who are suffering from the effects of contaminated water.

At least seven public water suppliers in Centre County over recent years were required to notify residents and correct problems related to high lead levels, according to public records from Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection.

David Murray, press secretary for Gov. Rick Snyder’s office, told The Washington Post that one water cooler was stationed beside the drinking fountains on each floor of the Flint State Office Building “to provide an option for the building tenants”. Gary Peters said at a news conference at the Capitol. “The state of MI created this catastrophe”.

The City of Flint recently sent out the attached notice regarding violations to the drinking water standards.

Snyder appointed an emergency manager to Flint in 2014.

“I am both angry and shamed of America that we help the whole world and yet people in Flint, Michigan can’t have water to drink because of toxic water in that town….”

As the Republican presidential candidates debated in Des Moines, Iowa Thursday night, toxic water was still coming out of the pipes in Flint, Michigan. The state of emergency, which was set to expire next week, was extended Thursday through April 14.

The governor was reviewing the proposed amendment but is “always grateful for support from our federal partners”, Murray said. “Many of us believe that what went down in Flint should cause someone to have a rap sheet”. They said it would save money. What a powerful blow to the idea that government’s goal is to serve the people. “But this is very serious”.