Michigan Governor Rick Snyder
The U.S. Government is once again
showing the nation and the world it does not care about black
people. The largely African-American city of Flint, Michigan,
home to 55,000 residents, has been has been subjected to lead
poisoning in drinking and bathing water. Many people have died
and others sickened by the lead poisoning.
The citizens of Flint have
complained about the brown colored, toxic water for years and
nothing has been done about. The governor of the state,
Rick Snyder, has pledge to fix the problem, but is refusing to
fix the corroded, lead contaminated pipes, despite a state
surplus of $1.2 billion dollars.
Flint, Michigan
Congress should have immediately
approved emergency funds through a bill to address the problem,
then take the money back from the State of Michigan's surplus.
It is a serious crisis that will impact the resident of Flint
who have been exposed to the contaminants for years to come. The
cancer rates will soar in Flint. Neurological disorders will
also become more prominent in the area.
When you buy a home, if it is
discovered the property had lead paint, a specialist team, who
are dressed in hazmat gear, will come out to the residence,
carefully prep it and gingerly remove all the lead paint,
careful not to drop any of it in surrounding areas, then package
it all for proper disposal. They don't even allow themselves to
be exposed to it. Now think about the fact the residents of
Flint have been drinking and bathing in these terrible toxins
for 2-years. It is a real human crisis that needs to be swiftly
addressed and those responsible held to account in a court of
law.
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