(GEORGE CURRY MEDIA)—The Flint water crisis is now 2 years old—and the water still isn’t safe to drink. There have been civil and criminal investigations, two congressional hearings and extensive reporting, particularly during the presidential primary in Michigan. Governor Rick Snyder appointed a special task force. Yet, only 33 pipes—three of every thousand—have been replaced.
The Obama administration’s limited declaration of emergency was extended for four more months in April, but the administration made it clear no further extensions will be granted. State emergency resources will end at the same time. Residents still depend on bottled water and filters, and they won’t be supplied beyond August. Now residents are not only suffering from the lead poisoning but from depression and anxiety driven by an agony that it seems will never end.
Melissa Mays, one of the mothers who forced the exposure of the poisoned water, appeared on my radio show recently. She is sick and tired of being sick and tired.
At a demonstration protesting the 2-year anniversary of the crisis, she said, “Flint wasn’t a community that was worth going out on a limb for.
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