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Poison Water

Press Release

Date: Feb. 25, 2016
Location: Flint, MI
Issues: Health and Health Care Environment Federal, State and Local Relations

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday told a forum here that the city's "poison water" is a "canary in the coal mine" which demands an emergency response by the federal government coupled with a long-term commitment to rebuild the country's crumbling water systems.

"The federal government has to acknowledge that this is an emergency," Sanders said. "We are looking at people being poisoned and perhaps suffering irreversible brain damage. If that's not an emergency I don't know what is," Sanders added during the meeting at the Woodside Church.


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