#FlintWaterCrisis
Government at work again. Save a nickle and leave the people in a dangerous place and situation.
In April of 2014 Flint, Michigan switched it’s water supply from the usual Lake Huron to the polluted Flint River. The state of Michigan had taken over the city budget of Flint and a state appointed manager made the decision to switch from Lake Huron to Flint River because of a financial emergency. So basically to save money the Governor and this state appointed manager distributed the city of Flint polluted water that contained lead in the water. With lead present in the water, this has caused lead poisoning in children and adults, people have died, and some people have decided to buy water filters because they don’t want to use the polluted lead water.
The city of Flint is majority black and this water poisoning is a genocidal act. This lead poisoning effects learning, speech, and behavioral issues. The state purposely poisoned a majority black city, if this is…
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Wow totally sad that the government has been doing this to the people of Flint, no matter what the reason is. I am not sure how hard it is to just inform people about the quality of the water they are getting and advice them in time to use those filters or have alternative ways of getting better drinking water. That’s sharing responsibilities. Then again, I don’t know much about politics so I guess this might be it. I moved here from Michigan and while seeing a post about it once a while would be nice, this is so sad. Thanks for sharing this news!
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I thoughts the USA was we the people, not forget the poor.
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