Governments must reveal that they understand what environmentalism and democracy demand: transparency,accountability and stewardshipWhat in the water is going on in North America?
In Flint, Michigan, or people were unknowingly forced to drink lead-contaminated water for months after Governor Rick Snyders administration decided to save money by changing families’ water source from treated Detroit municipal water to the polluted Flint River. The river water contained a variety of biological and other contaminants which,when inappropriately treated with chlorine, apparently caused lead to leach from the ageing city pipes and into the drinking water.
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Source: theguardian.com