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03-23-2016, 06:02 PM
Michigan 'fundamentally accountable' for Flint crisis, inquiry finds
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The state of Michigan is "fundamentally accountable" for Flint's lead-contaminated water crisis because of decisions made by its environmental regulators and state-appointed emergency managers who controlled the city, an investigatory task force concluded Wednesday.
SEE ALSO: The poisoning of Flint, Michigan (http://mashable.com/2016/01/24/flint-water-crisis/)
The panel, appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder to review the disaster, said in a withering report that what happened inFlint is "a story of government failure, intransigence, unpreparedness, delay, inaction, and environmental injustice."
"One of the biggest lessons we hope to impart in our report is the need for government leaders to listen to their constituents; in Flint that didn't happen," said Chris Kolb, co-chairman of the Flint Water Advisory Task Force. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/23/flint-water-michigan-accountable/)
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The state of Michigan is "fundamentally accountable" for Flint's lead-contaminated water crisis because of decisions made by its environmental regulators and state-appointed emergency managers who controlled the city, an investigatory task force concluded Wednesday.
SEE ALSO: The poisoning of Flint, Michigan (http://mashable.com/2016/01/24/flint-water-crisis/)
The panel, appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder to review the disaster, said in a withering report that what happened inFlint is "a story of government failure, intransigence, unpreparedness, delay, inaction, and environmental injustice."
"One of the biggest lessons we hope to impart in our report is the need for government leaders to listen to their constituents; in Flint that didn't happen," said Chris Kolb, co-chairman of the Flint Water Advisory Task Force. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/23/flint-water-michigan-accountable/)
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