Flint residents protest about the water in April (ACLU photo)
So much for testing by the government.
Curt Guyette, an investigative reporter for the Michigan ACLU's Michigan Democracy Watch Blog, writes in the Metro Times about the ongoing problems with Flint's drinking water.
He writes:
Despite claims by city and state officials that the water supply in Flint is safe to drink, a recent analysis by independent researchers shows that city's drinking water is contaminated with dangerously high levels of lead and others metals.
Researchers at Virginia Tech studied water samples from more than 275 homes in Flint over the past several weeks and have concluded that, unless run through a filter designed to capture toxic heavy metals, the water is unsafe for drinking or cooking.
That judgment, reached after a group of residents collected water samples from 277 homes and sent them to VT for analysis, stands in stark contrast to the position held by city officials and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), which maintain that the water is safe.
MDEQ officials declined to comment when contacted by the ACLU of Michigan seeking comment for this story.
