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Changing to save money.
To save money, Flint changes its municipal water source to the Flint River rather than the Detroit water system. The switch is overseen by state emergency manager Darnell Earley, who , like other emergency managers around the state, is able to override local policies in the name of "fiscal responsibility [1]." -
Saving General Motors
General Motors says it willl stop using Flint River water in its plants after workers notice that the water corrodes engine parts. -
Flint issues warning
Flint issues an advisory warning that its water contains high levels of trihalomethanes, byprosucts of water-disinfectant chemicals. Over time, theses byproducts can cause kidney, liver, and nervous system damage. Sick and elderly people may be at risk, the advisory notes, but the water is otherwise safe to sonsume. -
Michigan Eastern District launches an investigation
Snyder declares a state of emergency for Genesee County, home to Flint. The US attorney's office for the Eastern District of Michigan launches an investigation [20] into officials' handling of the crisis. -
State chief gives advise to Flint
The state's medical xecutive advises Flint residents to use only bottled or filtered water. -
Obama freeing up to $5 million in federal relief
President Barack Obama declares a state of emergency in Flint, freeing up $5 million in federal relief. -
Hilliary brings up Flint
Hillary Clinton brings up Flint at the Democratic debate."Ill tell you what, if the kids in a rich suburb of Detroit had been drinking contaminated water and being bathed in it, there would've been action." Berne Sanders goes further, saying Snyder should resign.
