Two low level Michigan officials and a Flint city employee were charged today for their roll in the poisoning of the Flint water system. The charges are linked both to the handling of a change in the city’s water supply in 2014 and to months of official denials that the change had led to a …
Tag: lead poisoning
Jan 06 2016
Getting the Pb Out Of Flint’s Water
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow has not dropped the ball on the contaminated water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Her report on the poisoning of the residents when their water supply was switched, showed explicitly how responsibility for the tragedy falls to Republican Governor Rick Snyder and his radical, anti-democratic policies. Bryn Mickle, Flint Journal/MLive editor, talks …
Dec 21 2015
How Lead Got Into the Flint Michigan Water Supply
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow reports on the poisoning of Flint, Michigan residents when their water supply was switched, and shows explicitly how responsibility for the tragedy falls to Governor Rick Snyder and his radical, anti-democratic policies. Flint toxic water tragedy points directly to Michigan Gov. Snyder Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician with Hurley Children’s Hospital …
Aug 06 2009
On Making Money, Or, Art Can Help New Orleans
The long, lazy days of summer are upon us, and it’s time to have a little fun-but it’s also a great opportunity to volunteer a bit of spare time for a good cause.
So imagine how cool it would be if you could combine the two…and even better, do it in a way that doesn’t take a bite out of your wallet…and even better yet, if it was something you and the kids could do together.
Imagine no more, because it has been done; which is why today we are going to be talking about lead in the soil of New Orleans, Operation Paydirt…and Fundred Dollar Bills.
Nov 12 2008
Environmental Injustice: Those who would Pollute Poor People because their Lives are Worth Less.
This column by Michael Kinsley in the Washington Post today is immoral crap. In an effort to defend the indefensible, Larry Summers 1991 writings suggesting we off-source pollution to poor countries, this jerk fully endorses polluting the poor overseas, and implictly, at home. It is the antithesis of environmental justice.
If an industrial plant that causes pollution is going to be built somewhere, it ought to be built where life is worth less.
Revisiting One Lawrence Summers Controversy
This diary is not about Larry Summers and whether he should be Treasury Secretary. It is about this asshat, Michael Kinsley. The smarmy obscenity of his writings reveals a person without conscience. Karma will get his ass one day.
More, after the fold.
(also on Dkos: http://www.dailykos.com/story/… )
Sep 15 2007
Doing it for Ourselves
This is the first in what I hope will be a continuous series here in Dharmaland. This series will be about the broad theme of self reliance. Each week’s post will have a different topic or focus, though I hope people will use the comments to talk about whatever their self-reliant interests and specialties might be or ask questions that others can answer. I also hope people who have a special topic they’d like to cover in more depth will pipe up and run the show now and then. Today’s installment will focus on how to find out about hazardous materials found in our own homes.