Flint Michigan Water Crisis

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This seems like class warfare, racism and political scandal. You can say some city officals are laying low hoping this will die down. I was stunned to learn that it took 18 months for the state to declare Flint's murky water was unsafe-18 months, how can anyone deny that a glass of rust-filled water is unsafe? How can you tell Flint residents to drink and bathe in water you would not use yourself, city leaders should have been forced to drink it. It started in April of 2014 when Flint began drawing water from the Flint River to save money. Residents immediately complained about the water's taste, smell and appearance with reports of hair loss and rashes surfaced. In October of 2014, Flint's General Motors plant quit using Flint water because it rusted parts but yeah nothing is wrong with the water so drink it. A group of doctors asked people to stop drinking the river water yet state regulators insisted the water was safe. The Governor said he would act on this information yet it took him days to do anything. Where was their utility commission while all this was going on and how many did this get past? As of last week only 2 people have been fired over this. Where is the accountability? If this was a rich community this probably would not have happened.