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December 12, 2016

Senate Approves Bill to Replace Lead-Tainted Water Pipes in Flint, MI
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The U.S. Senate has approved a bill granting $170 million to Flint,
Michigan, to help replace pipes that are leaching toxic lead into
Flint's drinking water. Flint's lead poisoning crisis began last year
when an unelected emergency manager appointed by Michigan Governor Rick
Snyder switched the source of the city's drinking water to the corrosive
Flint River. Today, the water in Flint is still poisoned and unsafe to
drink. Meanwhile, environmentalists are warning of a provision of the
bill which rolls back protections to California's Bay-Delta Estuary.
Environmentalists say the changes threaten delicate ecosystems and
undermine the Endangered Species Act.


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