Michigan governor to blame state environmental agency for Flint water debacle

The Washington Post: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will tell a congressional committee Thursday that “systemic failures” at the state’s environmental protection agency led to the poisoning of Flint’s water supply.

Prepared testimony released Wednesday afternoon shows that Snyder will repeat his message that “a failure of government at all levels” resulted in the catastrophe. He also will insist that a water specialist at the federal Environmental Protection Agency was “silenced” when he tried to warn about the lead contamination in February 2015.

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