Post by Logan on Mar 13, 2016 0:09:01 GMT -6
Lansing — Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday called for an investigation into the state health department and its handling of the Flint water contamination crisis, including responses to elevated lead levels and a possible connection to a spike in deadly Legionnaires’ disease cases.
The governor asked Michigan Auditor General Doug Ringler and Inspector General Alan Kimichik of the state Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a joint probe.
“The public health issues the people of Flint and Genesee County are facing warranted an internal review of how the state handled these situations,” Snyder said in a statement. “That preliminary internal review warrants an immediate and thorough investigation. I want some answers.”
The state health department in September downplayed independent research suggesting a rise in lead exposure among Flint children, a finding it would later confirm on or about Oct. 1, prompting an elevated response from the Snyder administration.
Read more: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/03/11/snyder-health-department-investigation/81664686/
The governor asked Michigan Auditor General Doug Ringler and Inspector General Alan Kimichik of the state Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a joint probe.
“The public health issues the people of Flint and Genesee County are facing warranted an internal review of how the state handled these situations,” Snyder said in a statement. “That preliminary internal review warrants an immediate and thorough investigation. I want some answers.”
The state health department in September downplayed independent research suggesting a rise in lead exposure among Flint children, a finding it would later confirm on or about Oct. 1, prompting an elevated response from the Snyder administration.
Read more: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/03/11/snyder-health-department-investigation/81664686/