Internal Email: Michigan 'Blowing Off' Flint Over Lead in Water
by Stephanie Gosk, Kevin Monahan, Tim Sandler and Hannah Rappleye
Six months before Michigan's governor declared a state of emergency over high
lead levels in the water in Flint, his top aide wrote in an email that worried
residents were "basically getting blown off by us."
"I'm frustrated by the water issue in Flint," Dennis Muchmore, then chief of
staff to Gov. Rick Snyder, wrote in the email to a top health department staffer
obtained by NBC News.
"I really don't think people are getting the benefit of the doubt. Now they are
concerned and rightfully so about the lead level studies they are receiving,"
Muchmore said.
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These folks are scared and worried about the health impacts and they are
basically getting blown off by us (as a state we're just not sympathizing with
their plight)."
Source:
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/internal-email-michigan-blowing-flint-over-lead-water-n491481
