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 .
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 31 2016, @03:03PM
Good find - apparently these people are higher ranking than I understood. And, that is as it should be. Technicians and laborers have no responsibility, it's management that is responsible for almost everything. Even craftsmen and engineers seldom get to make real decisions - they have to report to management, who then make the decisions.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Sunday July 31 2016, @11:20PM
Technicians and laborers have no responsibility...
Actually, if the technicians see that their results are being suppressed they DO have a responsibility. Speaking as a water quality analyst in a previous career.
It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.