February 7, 2018
By Ron Foger
Flint, MI -- Legionnaires' (click here) contributed to or caused the deaths of two men who prosecutors say were victims of the disease while the city used the Flint River as its source of water, a doctor has testified.
Dr. Joel Kahn told Genesee District Judge David Goggins Wednesday, Feb. 7, that Legionnaires' at least contributed to the deaths of Robert Skidmore and John Snyder, both of whom died in the midst of the city's water crisis.
The doctor's testimony came during the fourteenth day of the preliminary examination of Nick Lyon, director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, who faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and misconduct in office for his role in the water crisis.
Public records have shown DHHS officials were aware of a rapid rise in cases of Legionnaires' within months of the city changing its water source to the Flint River....
The kids can't read. The experience with Snyder's Michigan is profound and noted to be a direct result of the lead in the water.
Third grade reading proficiency reportedly dropped from 41.8 percent in 2013 to 10.7 percent last year.
February 7, 2018
According to the Detroit Free Press, (click here) third-grade reading proficiency in Flint, Michigan, dropped 75 percent--from 41.8 percent in 2013, to 10.7 percent last year. Flint school board vice president Harold Woodson, said the city was in "crisis mode," following news of the decline.
The water crisis began in 2014, when Flint's water source was switched from Lake Huron to the Flint River. The change caused grave long-term effects on the Flint community due to the consumption of toxic and lead-poisoned water. Now, a new report suggests the bad water may have contributed to a near 75 percent drop in third-grade reading proficiency in Flint.
Flint is not alone in its trouble with falling reading scores; achievement across the state of Michigan has been in decline in recent years....
