Michigan health chief charged with involuntary manslaughter in Flint water crisis

[inanna]

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Source: Associated Press

FLINT, Mich. — The Associated Press
Published Wednesday, Jun. 14, 2017 8:46AM EDT

The head of the Michigan health department has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in Flint’s lead-tainted water crisis.

Nick Lyon is accused of failing to alert the public about an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the Flint area, which has been linked by some experts to poor water quality in 2014-15.

Charges were read Wednesday in a Flint court. Lyon is the highest-ranking official to be charged in the state attorney general’s investigation.

Flint began using water from the Flint River in 2014 but didn’t treat it to reduce corrosion. Lead from old plumbing leached into the water system.

Read more: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/michigan-health-chief-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter-in-flint-water-crisis/article35305942/

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More Charges:

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Dr. Eden Wells is charged with obstruction of justice and lying to a police officer. It isn’t immediately clear who will represent Wells and can speak on her behalf.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/the-latest-more-charges-filed-in-flint-water-crisis/2017/06/14/114f8afe-5104-11e7-b74e-0d2785d3083d_story.html?utm_term=.3c7dcf86647c

[beachbum bob]

1. Would like to see more charged. This alone sends a message

[inanna]

7. The Latest: More charges filed in Flint water crisis

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Dr. Eden Wells is charged with obstruction of justice and lying to a police officer. It isn’t immediately clear who will represent Wells and can speak on her behalf.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/the-latest-more-charges-filed-in-flint-water-crisis/2017/06/14/114f8afe-5104-11e7-b74e-0d2785d3083d_story.html?utm_term=.3c7dcf86647c

[Stuart G]

2. Penalty.if found guilty...He and his family must drink that water the rest of their lives.

[muntrv]

3. As a resident of Ann Arbor, MI, I think Gov. Rick Snyder needs to suffer the same fate.

[Botany]

4. Flint was made to drink the dirty water because of an order from the Gov.

Flint used to get its water from Detroit which got its water from Lake Huron
but w/out the city of Flint as a customer "they" could show that Detroit's
public water system was not making money and they could sell it off to
people like the Koch Brothers.

BTW shortly after Flint changed its water source an office building
in Flint that had State of Michigan employees in it started using
bottled water.

[gibraltar72]

5. Snyder

knew they were being poisoned but didn't want that to come out before his reelection. Tried to cover it up. Why isn't he being charged?

[heaven05]

6. sacrificial lamb

on the synder altar of republiKKKan evil.......

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Good