This is Snyder's Michigan. All talk and no action.
Where is the federal EPA? West Virginia was addressed, why not Flint, Michigan?
January 6, 2016
By Paul Egan
...Snyder's office issued a news release late Tuesday saying the governor made the declaration "due to the ongoing health and safety issues caused by lead in the city of Flint’s drinking water" and activated the state Emergency Operations Center.
Flint's drinking water became contaminated with lead in 2014 after switching its supply source from Lake Huron to the more polluted and corrosive Flint River. The move — a cost-cutting measure while the city was under the control of a state-appointed emergency manager — resulted in a spike in lead levels in children, which causes permanent brain damage. A recent preliminary report from a task force appointed by Snyder placed most of the blame on the state Department of Environmental Quality and prompted the Dec. 29 resignation of DEQ Director Dan Wyant....
This is an ongoing problem that took until 2016 to be recognized as an emergency. The children have been exposed for two years and now it is looking more like three to four years or maybe for the rest of their lives.
Everyone write to President Obama in DC and demand help for Flint!
Link: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact
Write the US Senators:
Gary Peters, Link: https://www.peters.senate.gov/contact/email-gary
Debbie Stabenow, Link: https://www.stabenow.senate.gov/contact
US Congressman from Flint, Dan Kildee. His website requires a person writing to him to enter a Zip Code. So, the zip code map of Flint, Michigan is below.
Link: http://dankildee.house.gov/contact/email-me/
