https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/03/nothing-to-worry-about-the-water-is-fine-how-flint-michigan-poisoned-its-people
This article really should be read by all residents here in Ilion. I have only highlighted a few similarities.
But it has made me research the history of Ilion socioeconomics, job industry, and of course politics, because there is always a point in history, that can pin exactly when things changed. History is important and when a board intentionally denies citizens the right to FOIL, when that Board, begins threatening, publicly try to "stir the pot" before anyone even comes forward discussing FOIL, when they use the media to assist, when there is more information in a news article then being obtained in mandated records of minutes..... A HUGE RED FLAG is seen by members of society that have a knowledge of what is questionable, under the FIRST AMENDMENT WE WILL WATCH AND DO WHAT NEEDS AND CAN BE DONE TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLITY TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
The similarities are eerily disturbing We switched to UV filtration system and have had a growing and continual issue since... “nd showerheads. They packed public meetings, wrote questioning letters, and protested at city hall. They filled plastic bottles to show how the water looked brown, or orange, and sometimes had particulates floating in it. Showering seemed to be connected with skin rashes and hair loss. The water smelled foul. A sip of it put the taste of a cold metal coin on your tongue.” “authorities “said everything was all right and you could drink it, so people did,” Cathern said later. Residents were advised to leave the taps on for a few minutes before using the water, to get a clean flow. As the months went by, the city plant tinkered with treatment and issued a few boil-water advisories.” “By late May, a month after the switch, the water coming out of the tap in Bethany Hazard’s home in west Flint seemed murky and foamy. She had survived cancer twice, forcing her into early retirement, and she lived on a limited income. She paid about $90 a month for her water and sewer bill, but nonetheless she started buying bottled water. The new tap water, she told a reporter from the Flint Journal, was “just weird”. “Another resident, Lathan Jefferson, was so troubled that within weeks of the switch he contacted officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The manager who took his calls, Jennifer Crooks, described them in an email to her colleagues: “Mr Jefferson said he and many people have rashes from the new water. He said his doctor says the rash is from the new drinking water, and I told him to have his doctor document this and he can bring it to the attention of the MDEQ, since lab analyses to date show that the drinking water is meeting all health-based standards.” “By 2 June, less than five weeks after the switch, one local TV station reported that many residents were “avoiding the tap” and “drinking bottled water instead”. “I don’t know how it can be clean if it smells and tastes bad,” a middle-aged resident told a reporter.” “But in fact there was a problem. A serious one. Flint’s new water treatment programm did not include corrosion control.”
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