Kudos to Jimmy Fallon and all other celebrities donating money and supplies:
Isn't that cartoon just a little bit racist?
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Isn't that cartoon just a little bit racist?
What do you mean?
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Isn't that cartoon just a little bit racist?
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Of course it is because it is the caricature of a Republican "oppressing" a black.
The mayor of Flint and it's city authority are black and it was the EPA that failed in the water problem in Flint but since that doesn't fit the left-wing rhetoric, the Republican's must be blamed.
Far be it that the liberals take responsibility for their failures when it is so much easier to blame the Republicans for political gain.
Boo hoo hoo.... you keep ignoring that the state made the decision - not the mayor - too bad republicans never take responsibility for anything.....
Governor of michigan is being sued, not the mayor of Flint http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/state-of-michigan-gov-snyder-sued-in-class-action-lawsuit-over-flint-water-crisis
[Edited on 2/9/2016 by pops42]
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pops you continue to show you are really f*cking stupid.
Did you read the link?
"Gov. Rick Snyder, the state of Michigan, the city of Flint, former Flint emergency financial manager Darnell Earley (who is the current emergency manager for Detroit Public Schools), Howard Croft and "all others similarly situated" are named as defendants. "
The Gov., the State and the City of Flint and other Flint people are being sued by a minority threesome who are out to get money.
Governor of michigan is being sued, not the mayor of Flint http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/state-of-michigan-gov-snyder-sued-in-class-action-lawsuit-over-flint-water-crisis
[Edited on 2/9/2016 by pops42]
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pops you continue to show you are really f*cking stupid.
Did you read the link?"Gov. Rick Snyder, the state of Michigan, the city of Flint, former Flint emergency financial manager Darnell Earley (who is the current emergency manager for Detroit Public Schools), Howard Croft and "all others similarly situated" are named as defendants. "
The Gov., the State and the City of Flint and other Flint people are being sued by a minority threesome who are out to get money.
YOU are the STUPID one as usual. My statement reflects the truth., nowhere is the mayor of fint [past or present] named in the suit. public safety is put aside to save money,its the republican way. I hope snyder does prison time.
Also, the article does not state the anyone is being sued "by a minority threesome who are out to get money". This is a class-action lawsuit, one which I think most reasonable people would say has merit.
Governor of michigan is being sued, not the mayor of Flint http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/state-of-michigan-gov-snyder-sued-in-class-action-lawsuit-over-flint-water-crisis
[Edited on 2/9/2016 by pops42]
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pops you continue to show you are really f*cking stupid.
Did you read the link?"Gov. Rick Snyder, the state of Michigan, the city of Flint, former Flint emergency financial manager Darnell Earley (who is the current emergency manager for Detroit Public Schools), Howard Croft and "all others similarly situated" are named as defendants. "
The Gov., the State and the City of Flint and other Flint people are being sued by a minority threesome who are out to get money.
YOU are the STUPID one as usual. My statement reflects the truth., nowhere is the mayor of fint [past or present] named in the suit. public safety is put aside to save money,its the republican way. I hope snyder does prison time.
Also, the article does not state the anyone is being sued "by a minority threesome who are out to get money". This is a class-action lawsuit, one which I think most reasonable people would say has merit.
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There are three plaintiffs and the standard bucket wording to make the suit qualify as a class action suit. This is nothing more than an attempt by a few to get money.
If it were a creditable action the principle defendant would be the EPA who knew about the problem but failed to report it.
Michigan Board Approves Petition to Recall Gov. Rick Snyder
Published at 12:02 AM EST on Feb 9, 2016
A Michigan state board has approved circulation of a petition to recall Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder — but not over the water crisis in Flint.
The petition approved Monday seeks to remove Snyder, a Republican, from office over his decision last year to take control of the state office to reform schools, which organizers say disregards local prerogatives, according to The Detroit News and The Associated Press.
The Board of State Canvassers, part of the secretary of state's office, rejected nine other recall petitions, six of them based on Snyder's widely criticized handling of lead from corroded pipes that began leaching into Flint homes following a cost-saving move to pump water from the Flint River.
The vote gives organizers 180 days to gather enough signatures to add a ballot measure later this year asking voters to oust Snyder, who has no intention of resigning, NBC News reported.
Michigan Board Approves Petition to Recall Gov. Rick Snyder
Published at 12:02 AM EST on Feb 9, 2016A Michigan state board has approved circulation of a petition to recall Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder — but not over the water crisis in Flint.
The petition approved Monday seeks to remove Snyder, a Republican, from office over his decision last year to take control of the state office to reform schools, which organizers say disregards local prerogatives, according to The Detroit News and The Associated Press.
The Board of State Canvassers, part of the secretary of state's office, rejected nine other recall petitions, six of them based on Snyder's widely criticized handling of lead from corroded pipes that began leaching into Flint homes following a cost-saving move to pump water from the Flint River.
The vote gives organizers 180 days to gather enough signatures to add a ballot measure later this year asking voters to oust Snyder, who has no intention of resigning, NBC News reported.
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"over his decision last year to take control of the state office to reform schools"
That would be the Detroit public school system that failed under democrats, had a less than 15% graduation rate, was pushing children up each year to other next grade even though they can't read.
The Republican Governor did his job to do what the democrats failed to do.
Look up where the democrat appointed now former DPS system chancellor is today.
The Result of the Democrats 54 Year Rule of Detroit:
These Photos Will Make You Understand Detroit's Education Crisis
Two-thirds of the city's public schools have closed in the last 15 years. At the ones still open, students and teachers struggle.
02/01/2016 10:30 am ET
Moving the goalposts once again - just can't stay on topic, can you? 😛
Moving the goalposts once again - just can't stay on topic, can you? 😛
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ask pops dumba$$, he took the left turn.
Obama’s EPA has failed on lead in the water supply nationwide:
Flint: Excessive lead levels found in almost 2,000 water systems across all 50 states
Tests for cities, rural subdivisions and even schools and day cares serving water to 6 million people have found excessive and harmful levels of lead.
Alison Young and Mark Nichols, USA TODAY
While a harsh national spotlight focuses on the drinking water crisis in Flint, Mich., a USA TODAY NETWORK investigation has identified almost 2,000 additional water systems spanning all 50 states where testing has shown excessive levels of lead contamination over the past four years.
The water systems, which reported lead levels exceeding Environmental Protection Agency standards, collectively supply water to 6 million people. About 350 of those systems provide drinking water to schools or day cares. The USA TODAY NETWORK investigation also found at least 180 of the water systems failed to notify consumers about the high lead levels as federal rules require.
Many of the highest reported lead levels were found at schools and day cares. A water sample at a Maine elementary school was 42 times higher than the EPA limit of 15 parts per billion, while a Pennsylvania preschool was 14 times higher, records show. At an elementary school in Ithaca, N.Y., one sample tested this year at a stunning 5,000 ppb of lead, the EPA’s threshold for “hazardous waste.â€
Melissa Hoffman, 40, expresses her concerns about the high lead levels found at her children's school, Caroline Elementary School, during a town hall meeting March 3, 2016, in Ithaca, N.Y.
"This is most definitely a problem that needs emergent care," Melissa Hoffman, a parent in Ithaca, forcefully pleaded with officials at a public hearing packed with upset parents demanding answers.
In all, the USA TODAY NETWORK analysis of EPA enforcement data identified 600 water systems in which tests at some taps showed lead levels topping 40 parts per billion (ppb), which is more than double the EPA's action level limit. While experts caution Flint is an extreme case of pervasive contamination, those lead levels rival the 400-plus of the worst samples in far more extensive testing of around 15,000 taps across Flint. The 40 ppb mark also stands as a threshold that the EPA once labeled on its website an “imminent†health threat for pregnant women and young children.
Even at small doses, lead poses a health threat, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead can damage growing brains and cause reduced IQs, attention disorders and other problem behaviors. Infants fed formula made with contaminated tap water face significant risk. Adults are not immune, with evidence linking lead exposure to kidney problems, high blood pressure and increased risks of cardiovascular deaths. The EPA stresses there is no safe level of lead exposure.
Across the country almost two thousand drinking water systems have failed lead testing since 2012. A USA TODAY Network investigation found harmful levels of lead in homes, schools, and other public buildings. USA TODAY NETWORK
Fractured system, limited testing
Most Americans get their drinking water from a fragmented network of about 155,000 different water systems serving everything from big cities to individual businesses and school buildings. The EPA determines that a system has exceeded the lead standard when more than 10% of samples taken show lead levels above 15 parts per billion. It's called an "action level" because, at that level, water systems are required to take action to reduce contamination. But enforcement, which is implemented state by state, can be inconsistent and spotty. Some 373 systems have failed repeatedly, with tests continuing to find excessive lead in tests months or even years later, the EPA data shows. What’s more, the systems have widely varying levels of financial resources and staff training.
Amid cotton fields in Lamesa, Texas, for example, tests last year showed lead contamination more than seven times the EPA limit at Klondike Independent School District, which serves 260 students in a single K-12 building. "Some things just slip by," said the school superintendent Steve McLaren when pressed about skipping a round of testing in 2014. In a tiny school system, McLaren said leaders "wear a lot of hats." At times he's served as principal and bus driver, in addition to being superintendent and in charge of the drinking water system. The school replaced drinking fountains, and plans to replace its entire water system next fall. McLaren said he’s concerned about how high lead levels might affect students and understands the need for action. But he said, "Our kids are strapping and healthy, and they've been drinking this water all their lives."
“You would hope that the cities and the counties and the state and the federal government would be holding people’s feet to the fire when it comes to providing quality water to the consumer if there is an issue.â€
Terry Heckman, a board member at the Arizona Water Quality Association
The testing required by the government can include samples from as few as five or 10 taps in a year, or even over multiple years. The system is designed only to give an indication of whether homes or buildings with lead pipes and plumbing may be at higher risk of lead leaching into water. Even the biggest water systems in cities are required to test just 50 to 100 taps.
The limited and inconsistent testing means the full scope of the lead contamination problem could be even more widespread. People in thousands more communities served by water systems that have been deemed in compliance with the EPA's lead rules have no assurance their drinking water is safe from the brain-damaging toxin.
“This is just a case where we have a rule that’s not been adequately protective,†said Lynn Goldman, a former EPA official and dean of George Washington University’s school of public health. "The entire design of the regulation doesn't tell you about your own water."
Drinking water typically isn’t contaminated with lead when it leaves the treatment plant. It becomes contaminated as it travels through lead service lines on individual properties and lead plumbing fixtures inside homes. At best, the EPA's rules and testing are a sentinel system, alerting officials of the need to treat their water with anti-corrosion chemicals. Doing so reduces, but does not eliminate, the lead in water reaching the tap.
There are about 75 million homes across the country built before 1980, meaning they’re most likely to contain some lead plumbing. That's more than half of the country’s housing units, according to the Census Bureau. The heaviest concentrations are in New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
“You would hope that the cities and the counties and the state and the federal government would be holding people’s feet to the fire when it comes to providing quality water to the consumer if there is an issue,†said Terry Heckman, a board member at the Arizona Water Quality Association, a group that represents water systems. “That’s what the government is supposed to do, is look over the general welfare of the populace.â€
Flint's risk factors not rare
Experts say what happened in Flint is an extreme case and helps show how the limited testing required by the EPA provides only a crude indicator of systems where harmful levels of lead may be in water at homes with lead pipes.
The struggling city of about 100,000 people passed the government’s required lead tests. But one resident’s vocal complaints spurred extra tests at her home, revealing shocking levels of lead contamination: 104 to 13,200 ppb. The crisis worsened as independent researchers tested 300 samples across the city, revealing homes with high lead levels that the government-mandated tests missed. More than 10% contained at least 27 ppb of lead. Since then, regulators conducted another 15,000 tests. More than 1,000 samples show lead above the 15 ppb limit, and more than 400 show dangerous levels above 40 ppb.
One unique factor in Flint: the water department changed to a corrosive river water source, then failed to treat it with anti-corrosion chemicals. The result: a pervasive contamination problem as the insides of old lead pipes broke down and released a torrent of poison.
Yet the fundamental risk factor in Flint – old lead service lines that deliver water to homes, plus interior plumbing containing lead – is a common problem for tens of millions of homes mostly built before 1986. Unlike other contaminants that can be filtered out at the water plant, lead usually gets into drinking water at the end of the system, as it comes onto individual properties and into homes.
At greatest risk, experts say, are an estimated 7.3 million homes connected to their utility's water mains by individual lead service lines -- the pipe carrying water from the main under the street onto your property and into your home. The water passes through what amounts to “a pure lead straw,†said Marc Edwards, a Virginia Tech environmental engineering professor who has studied water contamination in Flint and a similar, earlier crisis in Washington, D.C.
Lead service lines were mostly installed before the 1930s, although some communities continued to lay lead pipes for decades longer.
The way tap water becomes contaminated — at or even inside individual homes — poses a vexing problem for regulators, utilities and consumers. A home with a lead service line and older internal plumbing may have high levels of lead in its tap water. But a nearby, newly constructed home may have no lead contamination. The only way to know if your house is at risk is to find out about its water line and plumbing.
“People are legitimately concerned about what they’re hearing in the wake of Flint,†said Lynn Thorp, of the advocacy group Clean Water Action, who recently served on a federal work-group on lead in drinking water. “As long as we have lead in contact with drinking water, we can have exposure at the tap.â€
Thorp said consumers need to become educated about any risks at their individual homes.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/03/11/nearly-2000-water-systems-fail-lead-tests/81220466/
Apparently it is more important for obama to put a hundred thousand coal workers out of work than to protect the citizen’s water supply.
Obama’s EPA has failed on lead in the water supply nationwide:
Since this has been going on for years, blaming Obama is asinine. However, you are such an idiot about this stuff, it was expected.
Obama’s EPA too busy executing his political agenda to protect the nation’s water supply.
It’s not just Flint. Lead taints water across the U.S.
By Darryl Fears March 17
Lead contamination in drinking water is a problem that reaches far beyond the disaster in Flint, Mich., and threatens children’s health nationwide.
On Thursday, USA Today reported that “hundreds of schools across the nation†have lead-tainted water, exposing children to “excessive amounts of an element doctors agree is unsafe at any level.†The story relied on an analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data, which it said revealed that “about 350 schools and day-care centers failed lead tests a total of about 470 times from 2012 through 2015.â€
“That represents nearly 20% of the water systems nationally testing above the agency’s ‘action level’ of 15 parts per billion,†according to the story.
The paper’s investigation echoes a report last month by Washington Post reporter Yanan Wang, who wrote that 12 states found “a greater percentage of kids under six years old met or surpassed†blood-lead levels of at least 5 micrograms per deciliter — the threshold requiring public health action, as defined by the federal government. “The most egregious example is Pennsylvania, where 8.5 percent of the children tested were found to have dangerously high levels of lead in their blood,†wrote Wang, who noted that such poisoning can be traced not just to water but to paint in old homes.
In New Jersey, a coalition led by a community development nonprofit, Isles, Inc., last month pressed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) to increase funding of a program to control lead after an analysis of state data found 11 cities had a higher proportion of children with dangerous lead levels than Flint.
“While lead levels in children in the suburbs have plummeted, the harsh fact is that minority children in urban communities continue to be poisoned,†Isles environmental health director Elyse Pivnick told Wang. “If you’re a mother in Trenton or Newark, we do not think the problem has been solved.â€
Seven years ago, a study concluded that hundreds of young children in Washington, D.C., suffered potentially damaging amounts of lead in their blood because of contamination in the city’s tap water. The toxin can cause permanent developmental and behavioral issues.
The study contradicted the past public assurances of federal and D.C. health officials. In 2004, although officials conceded that the amount of lead in city water was at record levels, they said repeatedly that they found no measurable impact on the general public’s health.
[High Lead Levels Found in D.C. Kids]
Flint’s water was contaminated when a state-appointed emergency manager, in a cost-cutting move, switched the city’s water supply from the Detroit system to the Flint River. State environmental officials failed to ensure that anti-corrosive chemicals were added to the water, allowing lead to leach from aging pipes.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) acknowledges the state agency’s inaction, but he also blames the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to do due diligence in protecting Flint residents as they began to raise concerns about their tap water. In a House oversight committee Thursday, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy put the responsibility squarely back on the state, as Post reporter Lenny Bernstein reported.
“The crisis we’re seeing was the result of a state-appointed emergency manager deciding that the city would stop purchasing treated drinking water and instead switch to an untreated source to save money,†McCarthy said. “The state of Michigan approved that decision.â€
Lead poisoning has a variety of sources, nearly all of them household items. The most common source of is peeling paint in older houses or apartment buildings. David Rosner, a public health and history professor at Columbia University and the author of “Lead Wars,†told The Post’s Philip Bump that lead was a once considered a “gift of God,†a statement attributed to a General Motors representative in the early 20th century, when industrialists considered it “essential to modern production.â€
The full scope of lead contamination in public drinking water may be impossible to determine. As the USA Today story notes, the federal government only requires about one in 10 schools to test for it.
