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Flint Residents Now Have To Pay For Water They Still Can't Drink

• zerohedge.com by Nika Knight

Yet Flint residents still can't drink the water, and the announcement was met with outrage.

"They want to make it look like they've resolved this thing, that it's fixed," Tim Monahan, a carpenter who survived Legionnaires' disease caused by the poisoned water supply, told the Washington Post.

"It's been three years, and we still can't drink the water."

Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has appeared eager to declare the water safe.

Yet the New York Times reported weeks ago that while the water supply now meets federal standards, because the aged lead-tainted pipes have yet to be replaced it is still not safe to drink.

Residents have also been skeptical of state officials' claim that the water does, in fact, meet federal regulatory standards.

"They're not telling the truth about the water testing," Melissa Mays, a community advocate with Water You Fighting For, told NBC.


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