In other words, the evidence was collected and documented before it could be covered up.
Officials criticized them as bogus "magicians," but making data transparent caused residents to demand action
March 1, 2016
By William Rhoads, Rebekah Martin and Siddhartha Roy
Our team (click here) of more than two dozen students and research scientists at Virginia Tech has spent much of the past year analyzing and publicizing unsafe drinking water in Flint, Michigan.
Our “open science” research collaboration with Flint residents revealed high levels of lead, Legionella and damage to potable water infrastructure due to a failure to implement corrosion control treatment.
Despite Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) messages that the water was safe, we fought to educate residents about severe public health risks. That work led to a declaration of a public health emergency, first by the city of Flint and later by the state of Michigan and President Barack Obama; garnered hundreds of millions of dollars in relief for Flint residents; and informed a national debate on “safe” drinking water in America.
Our work, by any measure, succeeded. But at the same time, this experience has forced us to confront broader questions....
Is there any wonder why scientists are a threat to power? The truth is tough to live with.
This is only one example of how the USA's domestic policies have been turned on it's head. Nothing makes sense anymore. It is more important than ever for the American people to stand by the facts to protect their own lives. We are on our own. It used to be Americans didn't have to waste their time in protecting water, air and food. The USA is Third World power when it comes to it's people. Third World has that same lopsided definition. Plenty of power for the military and an elite class of wealthy with the rest of the population in poverty and struggling. Welcome to the Third World USA.
Non-GMO food from organic source, safe bottled water and air purifiers in the house with a strong group of leadership knowledgeable of clean air and water. It has gotten to be very bad in the USA. There are issues that happen today never dreamed off in the past, including a leak of natural gas in California. It is unbelievable how much the infrastructure of the USA had been destroyed since 2000.
Flint, Michigan is the example of flagrant disregard for human life we never thought we would see in the USA; yet, here it is.
I am grateful that scientific standards and morality hasn't changed. It couldn't even if they tried.
March 1, 2016
By William Rhoads, Rebekah Martin and Siddhartha Roy
Our team (click here) of more than two dozen students and research scientists at Virginia Tech has spent much of the past year analyzing and publicizing unsafe drinking water in Flint, Michigan.
Our “open science” research collaboration with Flint residents revealed high levels of lead, Legionella and damage to potable water infrastructure due to a failure to implement corrosion control treatment.
Despite Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) messages that the water was safe, we fought to educate residents about severe public health risks. That work led to a declaration of a public health emergency, first by the city of Flint and later by the state of Michigan and President Barack Obama; garnered hundreds of millions of dollars in relief for Flint residents; and informed a national debate on “safe” drinking water in America.
Our work, by any measure, succeeded. But at the same time, this experience has forced us to confront broader questions....
Is there any wonder why scientists are a threat to power? The truth is tough to live with.
This is only one example of how the USA's domestic policies have been turned on it's head. Nothing makes sense anymore. It is more important than ever for the American people to stand by the facts to protect their own lives. We are on our own. It used to be Americans didn't have to waste their time in protecting water, air and food. The USA is Third World power when it comes to it's people. Third World has that same lopsided definition. Plenty of power for the military and an elite class of wealthy with the rest of the population in poverty and struggling. Welcome to the Third World USA.
Non-GMO food from organic source, safe bottled water and air purifiers in the house with a strong group of leadership knowledgeable of clean air and water. It has gotten to be very bad in the USA. There are issues that happen today never dreamed off in the past, including a leak of natural gas in California. It is unbelievable how much the infrastructure of the USA had been destroyed since 2000.
Flint, Michigan is the example of flagrant disregard for human life we never thought we would see in the USA; yet, here it is.
I am grateful that scientific standards and morality hasn't changed. It couldn't even if they tried.
