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originally posted by: JIMC5499
a reply to: Boadicea
Sorry. I meant that they need to prove where the contamination came from. Show that it was the water company's fault. I didn't mean you.
Researchers linked the outbreak of Legionella bacteria to corrosion resulting from the mistreatment of Flint’s water starting in 2014.... Emails obtained by a liberal watchdog group last year revealed that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services knew of the Legionella outbreak in 2015 and even told the governor’s office ― but said it wasn’t a serious problem.
Additionally, Dr. Eden Wells, the state’s chief medical officer, has been charged with obstruction of justice and lying to a police officer.
originally posted by: JIMC5499
a reply to: Boadicea
Sorry. I meant that they need to prove where the contamination came from. Show that it was the water company's fault. I didn't mean you.
Rather than broker a stop-gap water contract with Detroit, the emergency manager signed an order to pump water out of the Flint River, because, hey, free water. The move was expected to save about $1 million a year.
Flint River water? It's about as delicious as it sounds. The Detroit water system had provided Flint with fresh water pumped from the depths of Lake Huron. By contrast, the Flint River is tainted by farm runoff, sewage and decades of industrial effluent.
Was the city not treating the water?
They were. But Flint River water is difficult to sanitize because it contains high levels of chloride. Chloride is corrosive to iron. Corroding iron, in turn, consumes chlorine — defeating the pathogen-killer that is added to drinking water to make it safe. Experts write that the corrosive quality of Flint River water makes it "very difficult to meet Federal standards for minimum chlorine levels no matter what is done" to treat it.
But where did the lead come from?
The water coming out of the Flint River isn't tainted with lead. But its corrosive quality leaches lead out of the city's aging plumbing. By one measure, Flint River water is 12 times as corrosive to lead as the water that came from Detroit. There are lead pipes throughout the system, most often service lines connecting homes to the the city's water mains. And in most homes built before th
originally posted by: flatbush71
They're being tired at the state level, therefore community service on weekends and two years probation.
originally posted by: JIMC5499
6000 cases of Legionnaires' Disease reported in the US in 2015.
www.foxnews.com...
The county where the city of Flint is located was found to have 87 cases of Legionnaires’ between June 2014 and November 2015.
Half of the cases were connected to Flint water, and half were not, according to state health officials. According to the CDC, about 6,000 cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported in the U.S. in 2015.
Nobody else is being charged in connection with them. If the lead in the water was caused by a criminal act, by all means hang the people who are responsible. In my opinion these charges are a political farce.
originally posted by: Hazardous1408
You know someone recently tried to blame the crisis on people not paying their water bills.
As if that somehow magically adds lead to the water.
Some sick bastards involved in this.
& it would never happen in a rich neighbourhood.
Class warfare is real.
originally posted by: Boadicea
But the state imposed Emergency Manager at the time, Darnell Earley, can probably rightfully claim that he had to rely on the experts and he got bad advice from those who should have known better.
I would think the governor is in the same position as Darnell Earley. If the DEQ people are telling him it's not a big deal, how is he going to know better?
originally posted by: Puppylove
The Powers that Be simply realize they need to throw us a bone so they're sacrificing the Flint Michigan people in charge of the whole water fiasco as a "see the law is working" proof to the people so we back off a little. These people aren't untouchable like the Clinton's are, and are a perfectly acceptable sacrifice to the people.
originally posted by: AndyFromMichigan
a reply to: Puppylove & Boadicea
I see what you're saying, but systemic problems require systemic solutions. Selecting a few scapegoats to hit with manslaughter charges really doesn't do anyone any good.
originally posted by: Wardaddy454
originally posted by: veracity
Involuntary manslaughter? Republicans in office should be charged with that if trumpcare goes thru.
We can start with Dems and Obamacare first, since it was designed to fail (let people die).