Gov. Snyder asks Obama to declare Flint a federal emergency/major disaster

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28. Criminal dereliction of duty.

From 7 questions with a pediatrician in the thick of Flint's lead poisoning crisis

Question: When did you first become aware of the crisis?

Dr. Hanna-Attisha: In late August, we were hearing about lead in the water and a team led by Marc Edwards, PhD, [a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg], was investigating. They had been alerted by a family who had elevated lead levels in their water, and they reported lead throughout the Flint water system. When I heard about lead in the water, we got mobilized. Pediatricians know lead — it's a well-known neurotoxin. The CDC and the AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics recommend no safe level of lead in a child. Lead should never be in contact with a child. So when we heard about lead in the water, we wanted to see if that was getting into the bodies of children.

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/7-questions-with-a-pediatrician-in-the-thick-of-flint-s-lead-poisoning-crisis.html

Dr. Edwards from Virginia Tech is a hero.