Lead In The Water In Flint, Michigan

When the city of Flint, Michigan, wanted to cut costs, they switched water systems. But that decision had big consequences, leading to the poisoning of the water and the declaration of a state of emergency.

[tech]

There should be prison sentences handed out for this. Nothing less. You cover up this and poison kids/people for nine months.

[ginkiba]

There is no excuse for this. Michigan has plenty of fresh water sources; it's bordered by most of the Great Lakes. This is what happens when you turn a necessity into a product to be bought like a luxury or a service. You need water.

[jouss]

you see whats like to be in a third world country. but you will then get clean water back and start wasting it again!

[guillermorivas]

Gov. Synder is/was running Michigan like a business. His strategy to save money was to install Emergency Managers in cities that were in bad shape. So, he used a top down (corporate) approach in Flint to balance the budget. Turns out the EM had to only report to Gov. Synder -- devoid of the people of Flint, the mayor, and the city council. This is a prime example of what happens when people elect a business model into the governorship. You get people who will undermine the people of cities in whichever way possible to save money. They are just being good capitalists, by the way. The social costs are what we are currently seeing. Capitalism has an instinctual resistance towards social ails as Capitalism only cares about making/saving as much money as possible. People in Michigan got what they voted for (or because they didn't come out to vote).

[tarepandaval]

wtf ? America can't even keep their waters clean ??!!

[gotdamn_tarantino]

This water looks irradiated as fuck. Some Fallout type shit. *Unacceptable*

[rphilemo]

Corrupt politicians continuing to out do themselves. BRAVO!

[HighSkiez]

This kind of thing makes me tear up. Lead is such a horrible thing. It can actually make it hard to focus on tasks and even cause insanity. I really hope those kids turn out okay. And I hope people can show sympathy and love for those who were affected. It’s a scary thing. If any kids in Flint have behavior problems, show understanding for what they may have gone through.

[haroldisintrouble]

I’m from Michigan mainly Grand Rapids but when the water problem was not happening my mom and my 2 brothers were living in flint and we are SO lucky we moved to Atlanta because flint now is so horrible it really is and it’s sad to see it for the ppl who lived in flint there whole lives to see it like this

[TotosSword]

Ugh. Disgusting. You Have The Great Lakes!

[redag]

very sad indeed, all our prayers
but Michael Moore who is a native of Flint Michigan, spoke about such a horrible thing in an old documentary of him

[ronmatthews]

This will happen across America soon sadly

[OldHoboManYouTube]

If this ever happened to my state I'm done.

[jermainerichards]

hi this happened to my 7 year old sister and she died from lead poisning too

[jzzrs]

i only watched this cause tonight one of my brothers said come look at the water and i live in kalamazoo

[CyrusOfNaias]

Why not just move out of Flint? If it's that bad? There are plenty of places within the country to go.

[mauer]

also the flint river is nicknamed the general motors sewage line

[bigmouthstrikesagain]

The Governor should step down, this is intolerable and should be punish for committing such crime.

[JORDONDAVE]

Every Michigan consumer who was affected by this should not just be financially compensated for emotional and physcial damages but also be granted new locations for as long as the problem is there since it's the city that caused this!

[martind]

Michigan, a state with 5 great lakes, a state with trillions of gallons of fresh water. WOW!