Context here is important--as corporate media WRONGLY keeps comparing Newark's water crisis to Flint (under the framing Flint's water is better) most leave out...the MI Department of Environmental Quality cheated on Flint's water testing for over 2 yearshttps://twitter.com/JordanChariton/status/1058000746829041665 …
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This manipulated testing data numbers were then used by ex-Gov Rick Snyder to declare the water "restored," shut down water pods, & then hand over water testing responsibilities from the state to city of Flint (which really doesn't have resources or bandwidth to oversee testing)
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@StatusCoup's reporting broke---the testing in Flint was cooked from 2016-2018 by the state environmental agency under ex-Gov Rick Snyder's watch. That same agency now telling the city of Flint it's failing to meet testing requirements is really something.Show this thread
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