Water Crisis in Flint, Michigan: April 25, 2014 - TBD; 5 Michigan Health Officials Charged
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Flint, Michigan water contamination: Obama declares emergency
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Image captionFilm-maker Michael Moore, who is from Flint, attended a rally in the city on Saturday
US President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan, where the water has become contaminated with lead.
The city's water became contaminated after a change in supplier in 2014. Corrosive water leached lead from old pipes into the water supply.
The emergency declaration will unlock $5m (£3.5m) in federal funding.
Earlier in the week, Governor Rick Snyder had requested $31m from the federal government.
He said the need in the city of almost 100,000 people "far exceeds the state's capability" and sought a disaster declaration.
But reports in Michigan said Mr Obama denied that request, that would have freed up more than the $5m, as such declarations are only made for natural disasters.
In October, testing revealed increased lead levels in water supplies and in children's blood. Lead exposure can cause learning disabilities and behavioural problems in children.
Before then, residents had complained of discoloured water, bad smells and headaches and rashes from using the water from the city's new supplier.
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Image captionFree water, filters and other supplies have been distributed to Flint residents
The city switched its water source from the city of Detroit to the Flint River in 2014. It has since switched back to Detroit's water.
Michigan's attorney general has said he will investigate the water crisis to see whether any state laws were violated.
The lack of clean water in Flint "is a human tragedy in which families are struggling even with the most basic parts of daily life", said Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette.
Mr Snyder has already declared an emergency in Flint due to the water situation. Local officials deemed it a public health emergency in October.
He has been criticised for his handling of the water crisis, with protesters calling for him to resign.
As a result of Mr Obama's announcement, officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) will co-ordinate the response in Flint.
On Saturday, the singer Cher said she would donate bottled water to Flint residents, with some 180,000 bottles to be shipped.
"This is a tragedy of staggering proportion and shocking that it's happening in the middle of our country," she said.
Flint, Michigan water contamination: Obama declares emergency - BBC News
this may need to get upped
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- 17 January 2016
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Image captionFilm-maker Michael Moore, who is from Flint, attended a rally in the city on Saturday
US President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan, where the water has become contaminated with lead.
The city's water became contaminated after a change in supplier in 2014. Corrosive water leached lead from old pipes into the water supply.
The emergency declaration will unlock $5m (£3.5m) in federal funding.
Earlier in the week, Governor Rick Snyder had requested $31m from the federal government.
He said the need in the city of almost 100,000 people "far exceeds the state's capability" and sought a disaster declaration.
But reports in Michigan said Mr Obama denied that request, that would have freed up more than the $5m, as such declarations are only made for natural disasters.
In October, testing revealed increased lead levels in water supplies and in children's blood. Lead exposure can cause learning disabilities and behavioural problems in children.
Before then, residents had complained of discoloured water, bad smells and headaches and rashes from using the water from the city's new supplier.
Image captionFree water, filters and other supplies have been distributed to Flint residents
The city switched its water source from the city of Detroit to the Flint River in 2014. It has since switched back to Detroit's water.
Michigan's attorney general has said he will investigate the water crisis to see whether any state laws were violated.
The lack of clean water in Flint "is a human tragedy in which families are struggling even with the most basic parts of daily life", said Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette.
Mr Snyder has already declared an emergency in Flint due to the water situation. Local officials deemed it a public health emergency in October.
He has been criticised for his handling of the water crisis, with protesters calling for him to resign.
As a result of Mr Obama's announcement, officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) will co-ordinate the response in Flint.
On Saturday, the singer Cher said she would donate bottled water to Flint residents, with some 180,000 bottles to be shipped.
"This is a tragedy of staggering proportion and shocking that it's happening in the middle of our country," she said.
Flint, Michigan water contamination: Obama declares emergency - BBC News
this may need to get upped
@BarNone @Liu Kang
This shyt pisses me off
Vinny Lupton
Superstar
shyt's fukked up but who drinks tap water? You can buy a gallon of spring water for 89 cents..just check the label and make sure it's not from Michigan
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I doubt they can afford to. People need to wash their clothes, dishes, bathe, brush their teeth and the list goes on. I'm not sure how many gallons of water one person uses in a day but I'd imagine it's staggering. You would be surprised by the things you take for granted when you lose access to them and have no recourse.
Trends in Flint, MI Real Median Household Income since 2005
The current median household income for Flint is $41,682. Real median household income peaked in 2005 at $51,489 and is now $9,807 (19.05%) lower. From a post peak low of $41,578 in 2012, real median household income for Flint has now grown by $104 (0.25%).
Flint Michigan Household Income | Department of Numbers
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How much water does the average person use at home per day? Estimates vary, but each person uses about 80-100 gallons of water per day. Are you surprised that the largest use of household water is to flush the toilet, and after that, to take showers and baths?Nov 24, 2015
Per capita water use. Water questions and answers; USGS ...
Vinny Lupton
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You right, I totally forgot about bathing and washing clothes. I be in the bath tub soaking in that bytch like it's a jacuzzi, reading the coli. Have me soaking in lead
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You right, I totally forgot about bathing and washing clothes. I be in the bath tub soaking in that bytch like it's a jacuzzi, reading the coli. Have me soaking in lead
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I haven't read much about the affects in awhile but it's extremely toxic.
"No safe threshold for lead exposure has been discovered—that is, there is no known sufficiently small amount of lead that will not cause harm to the body".
Lead poisoning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Time to get Synder out 
The way they are doing the take over is excellent. They are simply buying everything and everyone and basically killing off anyone with an issue (slowly )