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posted by n1 on Sunday July 31 2016, @09:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the flavor-enhancer dept.

Six Michigan state employees are being charged with crimes related to the coverup of unsafe drinking water conditions in Flint:

Six Michigan state workers have been charged with hiding data that showed that drinking water was unsafe in the city of Flint. Flint's drinking water became contaminated with lead in 2014 after the city changed its water supply. The lead investigator said that they "effectively buried" data showing that elevated levels of lead in children's' blood was tied to the water supply. The six people are all health and environmental workers. Investigators said they put "children in the cross-hairs of drinking poison".

Also at NPR, Reuters, and Detroit Free Press .


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  • (Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Sunday July 31 2016, @01:57PM

    by kurenai.tsubasa (5227) on Sunday July 31 2016, @01:57PM (#382272) Journal

    Yup. They can't even look forward to being garbage collectors. Michigan, you fucking rock! [mlive.com] Way to fucking fail at all the sanitation basics that make up the fundamentals of fucking civilization!

    FLINT, MI – City officials are asking residents to not sit trash out until further notice.

    Flint Mayor Karen Weaver's office issued a July 30 statement announcing that the city no longer has trash service and garbage will not be picked up starting Monday.

    The announcement comes after the city's contract with Republic Services expired on July 29 at 5 p.m. The trash contract has been an ongoing dispute since June when the Flint City Council voted against Weaver's recommendation to award a $17.5-million-trash contract to Rizzo Environmental Services.

    Initially, council members said they wanted to research the company and some members also questioned Rizzo's ties to former Mayor Woodrow Stanley and potential ties the company may have in Canada.

    The council came back on July 18 and voted 8 – 1 against hiring Rizzo to haul Flint's trash even though their bid came in $2 million lower than Republic, the company who held the trash contract until July 29.

    Weaver later vetoed the council's decision to renew a contract with Republic and the council voted to override her decision.

    Council President Kerry Nelson said the decision to end trash services are "exclusively the decision of Mayor Karen Weaver."

    Anyway, on to trying to find the on-topic information I was looking for over there.

  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday July 31 2016, @10:41PM

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Sunday July 31 2016, @10:41PM (#382383) Journal

    Time to put that city council to work picking up the trash. In the meantime homeowners should dump their garbage in front of city hall. I mean, I really hope they aren't that dumb to let their own houses fill up with trash.

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