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Snyder finally says lead in Flint water may be problem

Snyder finally says lead in Flint water may be problem

September 30, 2015 | Detroit Free Press

Almost a week after news broke that more Flint kids have been lead poisoned, two weeks after state data confirmed that lead levels in Flint’s water had spiked, more than a year after residents first noticed something was hinky with the water coming out of their taps, Gov. Rick Snyder has publicly acknowledged that Flint’s water supply “appears” to have problems.

Publicly, because despite his office’s repeated efforts to downplay the severity of the situation, an anonymous water-filter distribution to Flint residents shepherded by Snyder’s office earlier this month, suggests that privately, the governor may have understood that something was amiss in this impoverished town. [...]

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Snyder finally says lead in Flint water may be problem