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Flint, Michigan Declares State of Emergency Over Lead In Children's Blood (washingtonpost.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the get-the-lead-out dept.

schwit1 writes: The Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan released a study in September that confirmed what many Flint parents had feared for over a year: The proportion of infants and children with above-average levels of lead in their blood has nearly doubled since the city switched from the Detroit water system to using the Flint River as its water source, in 2014. "City officials have also said the use of corrosive Flint River water also damaged Flint's water infrastructure after state regulators never required the river water be treated to make it less corrosive." FEMA is now supplying bottled water to the city.

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  1. state regulators "never required" by Qzukk · · Score: 4, Funny

    state regulators never required the river water be treated to make it less corrosive

    Man, I bet those city officials must have a serious headache what with the state regulators not telling them not to hit their head with hammers.

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    1. Re:state regulators "never required" by Matheus · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hey at least the lake hasn't caught on fire in a while...

  2. So? by Ultra64 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's wrong with having the most blood?

  3. Re:Roger & Me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Go away, Michael Moore.

  4. Re:Roger & Me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's an old saying, Detroit is the asshole of Michigan and Flint is 50 miles up it.

  5. Re:As a former resident of Crestwood, IL... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ah! So that's why people split their first sentence between the subject and the body - it's the lead in the water!!