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Meijer explains why its Flint filter donation was annonymous
2016-03-01 01:00:58| Grocery - Topix.net
A Meijer executive's insistence on keeping a $20,000 donation of water filters to Flint anonymous wasn't out of the norm for the Midwest retailer. The family-owned company's approach to giving has always been to be low-key, Frank Guglielmi, Meijer's senior director of communications, told MLive and The Grand Rapids Press.
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Snyder Aide Says Governor Knew About Flint Water Issues A Year Before Action Was Taken
2016-02-26 15:38:20| Automakers - Topix.net
Aides close to Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and his top lawyers discussed concerns about water quality in Flint and its impact on health as early as October 2014, a full year before the water source was switched back to Detroit and away from the Flint River, according to a review of 550 newly released emails by the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News . At least one aide says the concerns were brought directly to the governor himself.
Lead Crisis: Flint plumber discovers poison pipes in his own house
2016-02-24 22:39:08| Waste Management - Topix.net
As the water crisis gripped Flint this winter, plumbers union official Harold Harrington was in the vanguard of those offering help, sending hundreds of tradesmen across the city to install filters and faucets for free, hand out lead-testing kits and inspect service lines. He was so busy coordinating the massive volunteer effort - and wielding a wrench himself - that he never got around to testing the water at his own home.
Flint water crisis prompts DEQ oversight proposal from Senate Democrats
2016-02-24 21:38:55| Waste Management - Topix.net
Citizen commissions would oversee air and water quality efforts of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality under legislation proposed by Senate Democrats Wednesday. "Air pollution is directly linked to an increase in heart and respiratory ailments, as well as a host of other health complications," said Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood, D-Taylor.
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Flint water crisis: EPA concerned with 'inadequate' state and city response
2016-02-20 20:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said it has serious concerns over the inadequate response to the Flint toxic water crisis by both the city and Michigan officials, pointing to a lack of expert help on the ground and a failure to provide a proper water treatment plan. In a letter to the Michigan department of environmental quality (MDEQ), Mark Pollins, director of the EPAs water enforcement division, said Flint has not yet demonstrated that it has an adequate number of qualified...
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