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From: Cstar1
1/30/16
EPA: High lead levels in Flint exceed filters' ability
Local, state and federal officials late Friday afternoon said that recent water testing in the city found more than two dozen samples exceeded the lead levels that can be effectively treated by filters handed out to residents. The level levels were found in 26 samples of more than 4,000 collected.
Read more from Detroit Free PressFrom: A Kid by any other name... (Kidmagnet)
1/30/16
Yup - I thought from the beginning that filters were not good enough.
From: Cstar1
1/30/16
Not when the lead gets that concentrated!
For a really different discussion about the Flint water problem, check out what the construction and plumbing pros are saying about it over at BreakTime 3.
From: Cstar1
1/30/16
Letter to the editor: Local media didn't whiff on Flint coverage
How does an entire country overlook one of the most outrageous instances of government failing its people to occur this generation? One meticulous, thorough and unerring story at a time.
Read more from PoynterFrom: Cstar1
2/5/16
APNewsBreak: Officials warned of water, Legionnaires' link
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - High-ranking officials in Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's administration were aware of a surge in Legionnaires' disease potentially linked to Flint's water long before the governor reported the increase to the public last month, internal emails show. When he disclosed the spike in Legionnaires' cases on Jan.
Read more from The Big StoryFrom: Cstar1
2/22/16
Two recall petitions against governor Snyder have been approved. Eight previous ones had been denied. Petioners now have to gather almost 800, 000 signatures.
From: Cstar1
2/23/16
Ex-Snyder aide: Financial focus led to crisis in Flint
Schornack predicts successful recall vote LANSING - The drinking water catastrophe in Flint is the result of a failed model of trying to run state government like a business, says a former adviser to Gov. Rick Snyder, who also predicted the governor won't survive a recall vote if the question makes the ballot.
Read more from Detroit Free Press