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looks like the filters they handed out are insufficient

Local, state and federal officials on Friday evening urged all Flint residents to get their water tested for lead after more than two dozen recent samples exceeded levels that can be effectively treated by water filters handed out to residents.

In the recent testing overseen by state and federal environmental protection officials, extremely high lead level levels that ranged from 153 parts per billion to more than 4,000 parts per billion, were found in 26 of the more than 4,000 samples of unfiltered water collected since late December. The lead filters distributed to residents and business in Flint by officials have a NSF International certification to treat water with up to 150 parts per billion of lead.

If tap water contains lead at levels exceeding the 15 parts per billion action level set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the federal Centers for Disease Control recommends taking action to minimize exposure to the lead in the water, although no level of lead is considered safe.

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jonathco said

KVR said
looks like Jesse is coming to town, wonder when sharpton is going to show up.

http://www.mlive.com.....g_maj.html

Surprised it took either Reverend this long to see the opportunity for free publicity for themselves...  I tell ya, there are some good people helping and donating to help this city, but there are a lot of folks using this crisis as free marketing. Sad really. 

saw the other day 300 union plumbers volunteered to help

http://www.people.co.....s-in-flint

possible manslaughter charges, wonder who they would file them against

http://www.detroitne...../80063354/

Looks like this dude is getting paid though.

Schuette said it is hard to say how much the investigation will cost, noting that some people will earn as little as $20 an hour. But Flood will earn $400 an hour as special prosecutor, according to Schuette, who noted that is the same rate special assistant attorneys general earned Detroit’s 2014 bankruptcy case.

“We’re not going to shortchange justice,” Schuette said. “We’re not going to do justice on the cheap. We’re going to have a full and complete investigation, and where the truth goes, that’s where we’ll go.”

Some state lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, have questioned the need for an attorney general’s investigation and the price tag it may bring. But Schuette said he is confident the Legislature will provide funding, if requested.

Flood, a former Wayne County assistant prosecutor who now operates a private practice in Royal Oak, said he did not think anyone in the Legislature would want to be seen as impeding the probe.

“This is not some Jones Day firm charge,” he said, referencing the pricey Washington, D.C., office that represented Detroit in the municipal bankruptcy case. “I’m charging a lot less than I normally would on a significant amount of my clients. At the end of the day, we’ve put together an A-team of investigators that you can’t find anywhere.”