Snyder hopeful for more Medicaid coverage amid Flint crisis

A January 2015 advisory from the budget agency’s headquarters assured the Flint office that pure, bottled water “will be provided [on each floor of the office] as long as the public water does not meet treatment requirements”. The water leached lead from old home plumbing.

The governor is facing increased pressure from Karen Weaver, the Mayor of Flint and other leaders of national civil rights groups for faster action. On Monday, the NAACP threatened a mass protest if Snyder does not present a pipe plan within 30 days, including a timeline and the cost.

“I appreciate that the Governor has answered our call to bring additional resources to the table so we can start getting lead pipes out of Flint”, Weaver said in a press release.

“This is an ongoing process”, Snyder said of the efforts to replace the affected pipes.

States have first-line enforcement responsibilities to compel public water systems to comply with drinking water regulations, the report said. The city has already begun sending shutoff notices to residents who can’t afford to pay for water that remains unsafe to drink.

Some children’s blood has tested positive for lead, a potent neurotoxin linked to learning disabilities, lower IQ and behavioral problems.

Activists expressed outrage about last year’s water bills in Flint, which is 57% black and 41% impoverished.

Dykehouse unveiled the painting online this week and says he wants to sell it, with some of the proceeds going to a Flint nonprofit. Sadly, there have since been numerous high-profile cases of contamination, such as in Toledo, Ohio, in 2014, where agricultural runoff and crumbling infrastructure led to an algal bloom in Lake Erie that made the city’s drinking water unsafe. The situation there shows the consequences of “trying to run a utility like a business focused on the bottom line, instead of a public service for a public good”, said Grant.

Demonstrators, including Tuliane Stokes of Lansing, say Snyder should face an investigation and potentially prosecution over his alleged role in the Flint water crisis.

The heavy toll exacted on the residents of Flint, Michigan, goes beyond the potential health consequences of consuming lead-contaminated water.

Also Thursday, the Michigan House approved million to help cover residents’ water bills and an Obama adviser promised 0,000 for the city.

“To make Flint’s residents pay for even 1 percent of their poisoned water is a bad mistake”, Neeley said in a statement. As a result lead, a neurotoxin, and other contaminants seeped into the water through the pipes.