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15 Feb ’12
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Don't worry, Obama says it is all good!
Pres. Barack Obama traveled to Flint, Mich., on Wednesday to meet with local and federal officials to discuss the water crisis there — and to reassure families that his administration is doing everything it can to make the water in Flint safe to drink.
To help illustrate his point, Obama drank from a glass of filtered water during a press briefing at the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, which has become a hub for the response to the water crisis.
“Generally, I haven’t been doing stunts, but here you go,“ Obama said as he took a small sip of the water. “It just confirms what we know scientifically, which is, if you’re using a filter, if you’re installing it, then Flint water at this point is drinkable.”
The president, who declared a state of emergency for Flint in mid-January, was joined by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, Flint Mayor Karen Weaver and nearly two dozen others at the press conference.
“Filtered water is safe, and it works,” he said. “Working with the state and the city, filters are now available for everyone in the city.”
more https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-obama-drinks-the-water-in-flint-194716724.html
12 Oct ’12
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KVR said
Don't worry, Obama says it is all good!Pres. Barack Obama traveled to Flint, Mich., on Wednesday to meet with local and federal officials to discuss the water crisis there — and to reassure families that his administration is doing everything it can to make the water in Flint safe to drink.
To help illustrate his point, Obama drank from a glass of filtered water during a press briefing at the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, which has become a hub for the response to the water crisis.
“Generally, I haven’t been doing stunts, but here you go,“ Obama said as he took a small sip of the water. “It just confirms what we know scientifically, which is, if you’re using a filter, if you’re installing it, then Flint water at this point is drinkable.”
The president, who declared a state of emergency for Flint in mid-January, was joined by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, Flint Mayor Karen Weaver and nearly two dozen others at the press conference.
“Filtered water is safe, and it works,” he said. “Working with the state and the city, filters are now available for everyone in the city.”
more https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-obama-drinks-the-water-in-flint-194716724.html
Ha, the city was seriously on lock down all day when he was here.
15 Feb ’12
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Did you get a selfie with him?
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KVR said
Did you get a selfie with him?
I was too busy ironing shoe laces to take time out to meet him...
15 Feb ’12
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glad you got your priorities in line 🙂
15 Feb ’12
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some good news finally
Municipal water in Flint, Michigan, has improved significantly and is suitable for personal cleanliness uses, scientists said Tuesday in a bid to calm fears raised by actor Mark Ruffalo and others who have questioned the safety of the supply that flows into the city’s bathtubs and showers.
Marc Edwards, a Virginia Tech engineering professor whose testing last summer confirmed the lead contamination of Flint’s water, said sampling in recent months has found that lead levels are steadily declining, although they remain too high for people to drink from the tap without a filter. Also trending downward are bacteria that can cause Legionnaires’ disease, while byproducts from disinfectant chemicals are at normal levels, he and other specialists said.
“We’re seeing some very, very encouraging results,” Edwards said at a news conference in Flint, adding that he was “pretty hopeful” the water would meet federal standards for lead content within the next six months.
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