February 15, 2016
By Dinis Gusmao
The governor's office (click here) said Friday that Snyder called the committee's chairman, U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, on Thursday and offered to testify before the panel to address mistakes made by water quality experts that led to the current crisis of high levels of lead found in Flint residents' tap water.
"The reality is that he is finally bowing to mounting public pressure to answer questions before Congress about the central and critical role his administration played in this man-made disaster", Cummings said. The hearing will be held in March.
Nice words but many of those exposed to lead by a negligent Governor won't heal. They will suffer with brain damage the rest of their lives.
"By making the information easily accessible, everyone can review it and take what they need, and then we can all focus and work together on solutions, healing, and moving Flint forward", Snyder said in the statement. But the water from that river was corrosive and caused lead to seep into old pipes, which has left many Flint residents with long-term health effects associated with lead exposure and might have caused deadly cases of Legionnaires' disease. "This would be the first time the state took steps to deal with what is an aesthetic issue on a system where the water is meeting state drinking water standards". Some children's blood has tested positive for lead, a potent neurotoxin linked to learning disabilities, lower IQ and behavioral problems. Snyder and McCarthy each supply essential views "as we search to guarantee a disaster of this magnitude by no means happens in one other American metropolis", Chaffetz stated....
By Dinis Gusmao
The governor's office (click here) said Friday that Snyder called the committee's chairman, U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, on Thursday and offered to testify before the panel to address mistakes made by water quality experts that led to the current crisis of high levels of lead found in Flint residents' tap water.
"The reality is that he is finally bowing to mounting public pressure to answer questions before Congress about the central and critical role his administration played in this man-made disaster", Cummings said. The hearing will be held in March.
Nice words but many of those exposed to lead by a negligent Governor won't heal. They will suffer with brain damage the rest of their lives.
"By making the information easily accessible, everyone can review it and take what they need, and then we can all focus and work together on solutions, healing, and moving Flint forward", Snyder said in the statement. But the water from that river was corrosive and caused lead to seep into old pipes, which has left many Flint residents with long-term health effects associated with lead exposure and might have caused deadly cases of Legionnaires' disease. "This would be the first time the state took steps to deal with what is an aesthetic issue on a system where the water is meeting state drinking water standards". Some children's blood has tested positive for lead, a potent neurotoxin linked to learning disabilities, lower IQ and behavioral problems. Snyder and McCarthy each supply essential views "as we search to guarantee a disaster of this magnitude by no means happens in one other American metropolis", Chaffetz stated....
