Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlint As A CRIME SCENE
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha - the doctor credited with discovering how bad the lead poisoning had actually gotten with the children of Flint, Michigan.
from CNN
At first, the state publicly denounced her work, saying she was causing near hysteria. They spent a week attacking her before reversing their narrative and admitting she was right. Their information wasnt flawed. They had the data, but they were being told by the DEQ [Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, the government agency that ultimately failed this city and its people from the beginning] that there wasnt a problem, they just dismissed it, said Hanna-Attisha and confirmed by the state-appointed task force. There was almost like blinders on, she added. CNN contacted DEQs former director, Dan Wyant, who made the decision and later resigned over the issue. He did not respond.
If you were to put something in a population to keep them down for generation and generations to come, it would be lead. Its a well-known, potent neurotoxin. Theres tons of evidence on what lead does to a child, and it is one of the most damning things that you can do to a population. It drops your IQ, it affects your behavior, its been linked to criminality, it has multigenerational impacts. There is no safe level of lead in a child. - Hanna-Attisha
~ 40% of Flints residents are below the poverty rate.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/11/health/toxic-tap-water-flint-michigan/
another xlnt article here:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/us/when-the-water-turned-brown.html?_r=0
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
8 replies, 968 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (28)
ReplyReply to this post
8 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Flint As A CRIME SCENE (Original Post)
kpete
Jan 2016
OP
tblue37
(65,391 posts)1. K&R for visibility. nt
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)2. KnR nt
Octafish
(55,745 posts)4. Is murder in the pursuit of fraud against the law, too?
Last edited Sun Jan 24, 2016, 04:27 PM - Edit history (1)
At least 10 deaths resulted in pursuit of a theft - the piratization of Detroit's public utilities and their sale to individuals and corporations tied directly to Snyder and his co-conspirators. Perhaps they also thought taking Flint off the Detroit water system rolls would lower its price for the connected crony purchaser. Little did they know their cheapness would lead to their undoing.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)5. K&R
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)6. Poison black kids and then used them as "proof" that blacks are mentally and morally inferior.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)7. KICK!!! N/t
Stuart G
(38,428 posts)8. k and r...outstanding !!!