+hithere327 I think the movie would need some strong supporting male characters who do not steal the scene from her. Actors like Albert Finney and Aaron Ackhart would fit perfectly.
She just wrote a book last September titled: Superman's not coming, our national water crisis and what we the people can do about it. I was lucky enough to find it in the library. A lot of what she talks about here is in the book, in detail. I recommend getting your hands on it (or at least looking up superfund sites). As a US resident you might be surprised to find out about your town. They really could make a few more movies or a sindicated series if you think her movie was bad news.
Govt finds it so easy to send billions of dollars to countries that have some natural disaster uet6, can't seem to find the money to buy the people in flint some purifiers. Everyone needs to let it sink in.
It;s interesting how some people are just put together like her. She doesn't hesitate, she doesn't waver, she doesn't seem filled with doubts. Interesting person.
I so admire this lady, she according to the film, had no uni degree but has the passion and cares enough to help many. Now she is involved in the water disaster in Flint, Michigan. May the good Lord watch over her always
This newer generation has ruined the word "period" 2:50 this is how the phrase "period" should be used! I admire the conviction this woman has towards helping her fellow human!
This happen in my town , in fact since I moved away I have no clue if it was managed. I lived with that for over a year and I was like I can't take this anymore. It would come and go but when it happen it lasted for 2 days. You couldn't shower or anything. It made my hair fall out (not bald but it weakened the hair) , it destroyed my skin & it made us very sick. This becoming an serious issue in our country.
I actually know another woman like this called Nicola , whom has stood up for others when there has been injustices and got great results . A real force to be reckoned with , deeply commpassionate and very mighty in strength. I have so much respect for her 🙏🏼
I am so happy that George got the justice he deserves. It will never bring him back however. Now, what about Justice for Flint Michigan? An ENTIRE city! Predominantly Minority, POISONED! #JusticeForFlint #FlintWaterCrisis Follow Project flint on UA-cam so the truth will spread. Without followers, it spreads less... people need to know the truth. Also please check out Project Flint on Facebook, there are MANY more videos there as well.
The Flint crisis is supposed to be funded by local taxes, not Federal, so guess what? Bombs have nothing to do with this. This is local government fucking up as usual. The Feds don't supply my clean drinking water quality in Arizona, our local water district through taxes takes care of that.
Watching this in 2024 to check in on the situation. 8 years later and there are still reports of issues. How has it not been fixed and why is all the money being exported for war? Where is the humanity?!?!
For clarification, at 1:47 she says 'they hired an emergency manager' ... the 'they' is not the city, but instead the state ... and it was an appointment. EDIT: As noted by @TELEVISIONARCHIVES the city council did vote to change the water over from Detroit water (DWSD) to another, unfinished water supply (KWA), and thought that their local treatment plant could handle the Flint River water between the shut off of one and the start up of the other. What the emergency manager did was block the city government from switching back once it was clear there was a problem.
+SubHek No they weren't...they were getting their water from Detroit who had a handle on how to treat the type of water that was being delivered via the old infrastructure. When Detroit jacked the rate up to a price that Flint couldn't afford, the Flint River was the fallback option. Nobody was trying to privatize water in the PENINSULA of Michigan...the one surrounded by fresh water...five lakes in total.
+SubHek It "sucks balls" when someone who makes a good assertion is waist deep in vitriol because it eats away at their point (no pun intended). It makes it rather hard to say "This guy 'as a point". If you're right keep it classy man so people can actually listen to you seriously.
I know this lady is amazing but I recall my first day at a speaking bureau where they had booked her as a speaker in 2003 and she no showed at an event. What a nightmare my first day was. Great learning day but I’ll say this the company I worked for never booked her again. Glad to see here she is back on track doing what she does best. A water warrior for the people.
I am so happy that George got the justice he deserves. It will never bring him back however. Now, what about Justice for Flint Michigan? An ENTIRE city! Predominantly Minority, POISONED! #JusticeForFlint #FlintWaterCrisis Follow Project flint on UA-cam so the truth will spread. Without followers, it spreads less... people need to know the truth. Also please check out Project Flint on Facebook, there are MANY more videos there as well.
+Ruben van Lenningh Dutch companies are definitely doing business in the great lakes region. i know they are involved in the wind farms coming on lake erie.
The water system in Michigan is one of the finest in the world. This happened because they wanted to save money so the governor of our state could prove you can run goverment like a business. FYI the high lead levels in Michigan water are from bad pipes in older commuintys it's not in the water here in Detroit area or Detroit water and sewage authority ( were Flint was and is again getting it's water for 50 years) because they treat the water before it goes through old pippes. I live in the suburbs were all our pippes are newer and fine.
Rock on, Erin. Here in Illinois, we were able to make enough noise that we brought together the power of the State and prevented PCBs and other equally nasty stuff from being dumped over our aquifer. It was one of those rare cases where I was proud of our government and the folks involved. The public outrage in Flint is more than a violation of trust. Beyond that, it questions the ineptitude of the people we've elected (or appointed) to decide our collective fates. "You're doing a heck of a job, Brownie," comes to mind.
Congratulations to Julia Roberts for winning an Oscar...but congratulations to this amazing human being Erin Brockovich for actually being Erin Brockovich....this woman is a whirlwind on another level.
Did they mention people are still getting their water bills....I think the Governor and his family should be made to live in this area and see how his wife likes getting that out of her tapwater.
Lead pipes can be 100 years old and STILL in use! They need to be taken out of every water system. City and Town have know this for years, but most of them don't have the funds to replace them, and taxpayers don't want their taxes to go up!
People should vote for abolishing single-family-house zoning. Cities cannot provide anything for sprawled-out suburbs, there's just not enough tax basis. Nowhere outside of North America do people live in cities made for cars, it's incredibly stupid.
+Shwagg Krumb I don't think 1.5% is a huge portion. When you factor the time and effort it seems like $20,000,000 would have been more appropriate. After all, the firm got $133,600,000, she got $2,000,000.
This is not a partisan issue. Although the Republican governer can claim most of the blame, the recovery should have no debate. Republicans and Democrats agree, this needs to be corrected and the victims cared for. I don't care who is to blame honestly, and I don't care which party finds the solution. It just needs to be fixed, and if there was an ever an issue that Democrats and Republicans could agree on, it should be this.
I felt the same way, until today when it was revealed that the governor lied that the water was safe last January, while simultaneously sending purified water to state workers in the city of Flint so they wouldn't have to use the lead-contaminated water. That's pretty fucked.
ThePanicPuppet I didn't deny that governer Snyder is to blame, and I would like him to resign. My point was that both parties agree that this needs to be fixed, and we should focus on the relief effort.
+George Mason quit this "both sides are to blame" bullshit. These infrastructure issues constantly happen in conservative areas, not because of freak accidents or natural occurrences, but because conservatives believe in "cutting back" on government money, even at the cost of health and safety. Quit the bullshit. Everyone knows who's to blame.
We did many researchers and their water is still polluted!!!! It’s almost 2021 and the problem was not solved at all. They should invite her again, bring back the discussion and give updates 🙏. People are still getting sick (or sicker :(
Problem has been resolved, now the lawyers dance. In January 2021, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and other officials were charged with many felonies for their role in this shit
A big problem with what she said about the city hiring the EM. That is false!!! The EM was forced upon the city by the Governor of Michigan. This same Governor said he would fix it and own up to the decision that switched us to use the river. Now the river water was not the problem. The problem was not treating that water properly with the correct chemicals. The Flint river water was safe and still is safe to be used. Trouble with Flint's water woes actually started back in 2012. With things popping up in the ancient supply lines coming out of Detroit. There is so much more to this mystery than we will ever know. We still don't have drinkable water coming out of our taps here in Flint.
Thanks from Louisiana....my husband is an 18 wheeler driver. He saw places with overflowing sewage and femanine sanitary products on ground .... going into our water table . Disgusting. Then major hurricane no wonder we all have been sick here
I live in a country notorious for its poor water we all either boil our water or put special filters in our homes. Also, there is the possibility to buy filtered water for cooking and drinking. And very sadly it is a planetary crisis. I imagine Erin has been very busy considering this interview was 7 years ago!!
+Isaac Diaz b/c there is no media anymore, not much. just corporate or conservative bull and murder stories. maybe you have a community investigator type at the local news that you could get on the story?
+Isaac Diaz If you look online you can also find out that people are having their hair fall out as well. There were several other side effects as well, including people, especially kids, getting really sick. If I were in America I would be voting for Bernie Sanders, yet for some reason it seems like a large number of people in the US don't care and are voting for people like Trump, despite "running the government like a business" being to blame for things like this.
Flint. That's such a great name for a disaster to happen. When they named it they probably said to someone "there's probably gonna be like a drought, or a water contamination here sometime", and they said "why?" and the founders said "cause it's named Flint! What else is ever gonna happen here?"
+Valter Östberg If you ever get into esoteric symbology the name provide far to much information. Just look up the first woman to be cured with ZMAP for EBOLA(her name Dr. WritEBOL only thing her name is missing is the A for it to say directly W or double you rit EBOL which means to hex EBOL which means she should know or have the cure to Ebola). If it where like the president names like Clinton or Bush which both mean to cheat/fishy esoterically this is why Jesus/Messiah is back as Pisces which is represented by 2 fish which don't worry 2 fish means to hex fish/cheaters/people rigging your environment from the top down like CLINTON(which means cunt on or to set a cheat/help with what the architect in the Matrix calls the remainder of unbalance equation=no justice because your lives are being rigged from the top down you don't really have choice but you probably don't know how pointed my statement is) you see it in BUSH another fishy name along with FISHER & HAMILL funny how both of their last names in real life mean the same thing. The fishy situation this World is in is also called the curse of HAM which is what Egypt was first called the land of HAM until the curse of HAM by NOAH(you see this in Heroes Reborn if you watch it let me know I can point you to things that they should not have known to put in a tv show especially when I can specifically point to where they got their information in real time just like the names they picked for characters).
Dr Mona Hanna Attisha is the name of that local hero. Worked in the same hospital as her. www.cfgf.org/cfgf/GoodWork/FlintArea/WaterCrisis/tabid/855/Default.aspx is the link for donations.
Listen to what Erin said. Water changes. From mud puddle to the ocean, each body of water, including two ponds next to each other will have a different mineral and chemical identification unique as a fingerprint. You just can't reroute water...
Thanks Erin. Houston Texas water here Alief. Still awful. I'm so I'LL Dr refused to HELP me. Thanks Erin. Water protector. Love Your Book. Superman is Not coming to Save you.
The USA has (since the 80's) taken the trickle down effect and ever since then our infrastructure has been neglected due to not getting taxes from the rich. It isn't a coincidence that all these things are happening around the same time. All the years of not having proper level of technicians, inspectors, equipment, repaired/maintained, not replacing pipes, not replacing old electrical grids, etc. Please for the love of the USA start taxing the rick and higher the proper staff to rebuild our now destroyed infrastructure.
I was actually JUST thinking about Erin when this Flint Water crisis blew up more in the news (Al Jazeera reported it looong ago.) I actually read her autobiography. She's a tough woman. Side note, her boyfriend at the time she cracked the case (the one who was portrayed as this gentle loving bike rider) was not such a good guy. He was actually being paid to babysit her kids and he wanted a shitload of money for the rights to portray him and then complained he wasn't portrayed well. I think he sued her too.
people can also distill their water several times and toss in some sodium hydroxydes or peroxides to make some of the metals precipitate for quick results, than filtrate, make sure the pH is neutral and all the peroxides are gone before using it. A third pretty safe solution is to freeze water vapor from the air take a big surface area bath tubb or kids swimming pool. Hang over it some cooling elements of an old refrigirator (make sure the freezing surfaces are clean) and let the water vapors from the tubb/pool evaporate and freeze to the cooling elements of the refirgirator. That ice is freshwater without any metal (!)-contaminants. If how ever there are other volatile contaminiations in the water (like ammonium, methanol, HS - hydrosulfide (rotten egss smell)) they may NOT get out by this method, depending on the contanimants.
the 32 people that clicked a thumbs down - - - do you not like someone alerting us of poison water that is affecting millions? What is it that you are disagreeing with, I'm curious.
They were not lead pipes. but the sections were held together with lead solder. The $100 a day they saved was the cost of the chemicals that coat the pipes to prevent the lead from the solder to leech into the water. The corrosive water from the Flint River disolved that coating because they stopped using those chemicals, to save that $100 a day.
My word. Bravo Erin Brockovich ------sadly you lost me at the Red Cross endorsement. Otherwise --press on people. We must protect our waterways . . . ....
I know that she fought for people who were dying of Cancer. She said she believed that people were getting sick because the water in their town was contaminated. That’s been her cause. I worked in a grocery store that she frequents and I noticed that she would always buy cigarettes. I always wondered why someone who was concerned about people dying of cancer would be smoking. I just find it a little hypocritical.
Yeah because they wanted to have a strong economy and reduce government spending. Were things overlook and did it cause problems? Yeah it did but the initial intentions were good. Better then a liberal running the states government and economy into the ground then complain about equal rights.
+Nicolas Jeuniau Of course people's safty is a high priority but if they saw it fit to reduce costs and these were unseen side effects you should praise then not yell at them to resign as that would only cause more problems.
The__Watcher _"Were things overlooked?"_ As a matter of fact, they weren't. The plan to switch to Flint River had already been dismissed (because of environmental hazards) by the "emergency manager" before his decision was overuled by the governor's office... So, they pretty much knew what they were doing.
These things are why the FEDERAL RESERVE ACT absolutely *NEEDS* to be abolished. Because of it, no state or local jurisdiction is able to create the money it needs to properly build and repair infrastructure. I am willing to bet that if state and local governments were able to create money out of thin air to pay for local infrastructure projects, places like FLINT, MICHIGAN would have clean water. But NO... Only a private bank is allowed to create money out of thin air and then sell that money to the United States at interest.
This is totally sad! Americans pay their Income tax, and what do they get. Endless wars, polluted water, polluted food, (GMOs) polluted air( Chem trails) boarders that are not secure, illegals allowed to vote, and emigrants to compete in an already competitive job market! Not one presidential candidate even remotely demonstrates an understanding of the real problem at the root of all others. Big money in government leads to the consolidation of wealth and power. This consolidation of wealth and power undermines our representative form of government and corrupts in general! Americans no longer have a government by the people for the people of the people! They now have a Corporateocracy that insurers the special interests of corporations and banks. Americans are no longer free, they are fucked!
Our water is still shit.🤷 my 3yr old had poisoning, far too much lead in her system. And she only bathed in the shower and watched her and wasnt foe too long. Shes good now though.
in about 1970 we started using 95-5 solder, 95% tin, 5% lead. So all the old copper pipe plumbing emits some lead. with the countertop water stills you can distill about a quart an hour, cost less than $100 on eBay. Flint, right now, should get everyone to run water in hoses into the gutters. the sewer could not handle it all. flush the old pipes and get rid of the toxins in solution. water acidity could be corrected, but so long as you don't drink it, you are not getting much lead, etc. supplying neutral water would stop the corrosion, and stop producing the yucky stuff.
My cousin lives in Sebring, ohio. Where we grew up in Alliance, ohio there is a horrible chemical dump that leached into our water...into Deercreek Reservoir which supplies even canton. Ohio. The dump is off of route 225 right by Atwater, Ohio
What a great woman, they should make a movie about her...
They'd probably get nominated for an Oscar, maybe even win...
They should find an actress like Julia Roberts to star in the movie
+matt1523 They should get Steven Soderbergh to direct. He'd probably get a nomination with this material.
+hithere327 I think the movie would need some strong supporting male characters who do not steal the scene from her. Actors like Albert Finney and Aaron Ackhart would fit perfectly.
+Guillaume Guérette I assume you are being sarcastic since the movie Arron Brocovtch was more then 10 years ago.
This lady's strength, intelligence and efforts are phenomonal.
very professional. straight to the point and no fluff or BS.
Great segment. Erin makes it very easy to understand what is occurring.
Thank you Stephen for having this superhero on your show!
God bless Erin and Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha.
There awesome ☺️💖
I'm in MD but this hurts my heart. I am so disgusted this is happening in the USA.
She just wrote a book last September titled: Superman's not coming, our national water crisis and what we the people can do about it. I was lucky enough to find it in the library. A lot of what she talks about here is in the book, in detail. I recommend getting your hands on it (or at least looking up superfund sites). As a US resident you might be surprised to find out about your town. They really could make a few more movies or a sindicated series if you think her movie was bad news.
❤
It’s outrageous that 3 years on Flint still doesn’t have clean water!
Still don’t!
@@salpine Are you in Flint!?
Govt finds it so easy to send billions of dollars to countries that have some natural disaster uet6, can't seem to find the money to buy the people in flint some purifiers. Everyone needs to let it sink in.
She’s an amazing woman she did a great ting and has helped so many people
I hope she doesn't view it as a flop? It was brilliant, crazzi-j north?
Thanks for standing up for us people erin.
It;s interesting how some people are just put together like her. She doesn't hesitate, she doesn't waver, she doesn't seem filled with doubts. Interesting person.
Just saw the debut film on Netflix. I didn't know that she was covering the Flint issue. A very admirable person.
I so admire this lady, she according to the film, had no uni degree but has the passion and cares enough to help many. Now she is involved in the water disaster in Flint, Michigan. May the good Lord watch over her always
Uni degree does not determine intelligence. Uni just measures your ability to memorize for exams and write useless essays.
Hopefully NOW things will get fixed!
@@learningearning8385 You're not wrong...
Erin has graduated from college.
I'm glad I finally know how to contact Erin to show her we do have a solution! I can't wait to talk with her today!
How’d it go?
What a powerful lady! So much conviction and poise!
And Vote for Bernie Sanders. Who plans to put some focus on Americas infrastructure.
Like what specifically? All I hear from politicians is sweeping claims. Give me something concrete.
+M1k3y Concrete. Exactly.
+M1k3y feelthebern.org/bernie-sanders-on-infrastructure/ -- FYI I literally just googled 'bernie sanders infrastructure' and this was the first result
+Gar Funkle vote for trump, building a wall is the greatest infrastructure in america.
***** I didn't realize the Mongols were trying to invade.
I enjoy these serious interviews.
This newer generation has ruined the word "period" 2:50 this is how the phrase "period" should be used! I admire the conviction this woman has towards helping her fellow human!
Thank you for such a direct clear explanation and shedding light into this situation.
This happen in my town , in fact since I moved away I have no clue if it was managed. I lived with that for over a year and I was like I can't take this anymore. It would come and go but when it happen it lasted for 2 days. You couldn't shower or anything. It made my hair fall out (not bald but it weakened the hair) , it destroyed my skin & it made us very sick. This becoming an serious issue in our country.
I actually know another woman like this called Nicola , whom has stood up for others when there has been injustices and got great results . A real force to be reckoned with , deeply commpassionate and very mighty in strength. I have so much respect for her 🙏🏼
stop building bombs and start laying new pipes.
mike dees they could have just put back on the original one
...and it'd be cheaper too.
I am so happy that George got the justice he deserves. It will never bring him back however. Now, what about Justice for Flint Michigan? An ENTIRE city! Predominantly Minority, POISONED! #JusticeForFlint #FlintWaterCrisis
Follow Project flint on UA-cam so the truth will spread. Without followers, it spreads less... people need to know the truth. Also please check out Project Flint on Facebook, there are MANY more videos there as well.
Yes but the 15% that own 85% of the stock market won’t make millions if they do that.
The Flint crisis is supposed to be funded by local taxes, not Federal, so guess what? Bombs have nothing to do with this. This is local government fucking up as usual. The Feds don't supply my clean drinking water quality in Arizona, our local water district through taxes takes care of that.
I love how good a speaker she is
Julia Roberts looks so different. Miss her old smile.
Nina D. Wow... Mind Blown
+Nina D. you really don't know what the sarcasm means(
+Nina D. Julia Robert portrayed her in a movie...
Erin is a babe. Julia isn’t at all similar in looks. Juli a has that fight, spunk... I love these ladies.
Mona Leeza
Watching this in 2024 to check in on the situation. 8 years later and there are still reports of issues. How has it not been fixed and why is all the money being exported for war? Where is the humanity?!?!
For clarification, at 1:47 she says 'they hired an emergency manager' ... the 'they' is not the city, but instead the state ... and it was an appointment.
EDIT: As noted by @TELEVISIONARCHIVES the city council did vote to change the water over from Detroit water (DWSD) to another, unfinished water supply (KWA), and thought that their local treatment plant could handle the Flint River water between the shut off of one and the start up of the other. What the emergency manager did was block the city government from switching back once it was clear there was a problem.
+David Devine True. This is what happens when the GOP tries to run a state like a business.
SubHek Interesting - I thought it was just to save money so the GOP could cut taxes for the top 1% and corporations.
+SubHek Are you serious? That's so fucked up. My goodness!
+SubHek No they weren't...they were getting their water from Detroit who had a handle on how to treat the type of water that was being delivered via the old infrastructure. When Detroit jacked the rate up to a price that Flint couldn't afford, the Flint River was the fallback option.
Nobody was trying to privatize water in the PENINSULA of Michigan...the one surrounded by fresh water...five lakes in total.
+SubHek It "sucks balls" when someone who makes a good assertion is waist deep in vitriol because it eats away at their point (no pun intended). It makes it rather hard to say "This guy 'as a point". If you're right keep it classy man so people can actually listen to you seriously.
God bless Erin! She works so hard for healthy water!
I know this lady is amazing but I recall my first day at a speaking bureau where they had booked her as a speaker in 2003 and she no showed at an event. What a nightmare my first day was. Great learning day but I’ll say this the company I worked for never booked her again. Glad to see here she is back on track doing what she does best. A water warrior for the people.
I love the variety of guests on this show. You interview activists, journalists, actors, politicians, etc. It's refreshing to watch.
I so love her work.
_"Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink."_
I am so happy that George got the justice he deserves. It will never bring him back however. Now, what about Justice for Flint Michigan? An ENTIRE city! Predominantly Minority, POISONED! #JusticeForFlint #FlintWaterCrisis
Follow Project flint on UA-cam so the truth will spread. Without followers, it spreads less... people need to know the truth. Also please check out Project Flint on Facebook, there are MANY more videos there as well.
Those people need the Dutch. We're the masters of water management
+Ruben van Lenningh Dutch companies are definitely doing business in the great lakes region. i know they are involved in the wind farms coming on lake erie.
cool!
+Ruben van Lenningh Yeah, and there's plenty of them in Holland, Michigan!
I'm Dutch. So, our water is definitely safe?
The water system in Michigan is one of the finest in the world. This happened because they wanted to save money so the governor of our state could prove you can run goverment like a business. FYI the high lead levels in Michigan water are from bad pipes in older commuintys it's not in the water here in Detroit area or Detroit water and sewage authority
( were Flint was and is again getting it's water for 50 years) because they treat the water before it goes through old pippes. I live in the suburbs were all our pippes are newer and fine.
The sad thing is. Tears in her eyes, but she knows nothings goes to change....
Admire Erin!... Hope all this water issues can get solved soon.. May God help us
Hope Julia roberts plays it again .
This lady is wonderful l Ve meet here and had a great talk with her
Rock on, Erin. Here in Illinois, we were able to make enough noise that we brought together the power of the State and prevented PCBs and other equally nasty stuff from being dumped over our aquifer. It was one of those rare cases where I was proud of our government and the folks involved.
The public outrage in Flint is more than a violation of trust. Beyond that, it questions the ineptitude of the people we've elected (or appointed) to decide our collective fates. "You're doing a heck of a job, Brownie," comes to mind.
Congratulations to Julia Roberts for winning an Oscar...but congratulations to this amazing human being Erin Brockovich for actually being Erin Brockovich....this woman is a whirlwind on another level.
Incredibly sad that Flint STILL doesn't have clean water
Did they mention people are still getting their water bills....I think the Governor and his family should be made to live in this area and see how his wife likes getting that out of her tapwater.
Just me exactly and let’s ask that big fat bimbo trump
I'm glad you had Erin on please have her on again to have a more lengthy discussion.
Lead pipes can be 100 years old and STILL in use! They need to be taken out of every water system. City and Town have know this for years, but most of them don't have the funds to replace them, and taxpayers don't want their taxes to go up!
People should vote for abolishing single-family-house zoning. Cities cannot provide anything for sprawled-out suburbs, there's just not enough tax basis. Nowhere outside of North America do people live in cities made for cars, it's incredibly stupid.
@@baxakk7374 Hell no. No sane person should ever want to live in a crap hole of a city.
Smart woman. I'm glad she's looking out for the people of Flint and beyond.
Julia Roberts and Soderbergh need to reunite and make a sequel to Erin Brockovich called Erin Brockovich: Chapter Flint.
Damn, they should have got her to play herself in the movie!
+Shwagg Krumb I don't think 1.5% is a huge portion. When you factor the time and effort it seems like $20,000,000 would have been more appropriate. After all, the firm got $133,600,000, she got $2,000,000.
+Shwagg Krumb You're too dumb to see the forest from the trees -- I'm guessing it's the lead in your head.
totally
She was about to die
Well she was in the film !
God bless Erin love you
This is not a partisan issue. Although the Republican governer can claim most of the blame, the recovery should have no debate. Republicans and Democrats agree, this needs to be corrected and the victims cared for. I don't care who is to blame honestly, and I don't care which party finds the solution. It just needs to be fixed, and if there was an ever an issue that Democrats and Republicans could agree on, it should be this.
I felt the same way, until today when it was revealed that the governor lied that the water was safe last January, while simultaneously sending purified water to state workers in the city of Flint so they wouldn't have to use the lead-contaminated water.
That's pretty fucked.
ThePanicPuppet I didn't deny that governer Snyder is to blame, and I would like him to resign. My point was that both parties agree that this needs to be fixed, and we should focus on the relief effort.
+George Mason quit this "both sides are to blame" bullshit. These infrastructure issues constantly happen in conservative areas, not because of freak accidents or natural occurrences, but because conservatives believe in "cutting back" on government money, even at the cost of health and safety. Quit the bullshit. Everyone knows who's to blame.
Ugly Coyote I didn't say both sides are to blame. Quit making assumptions before you comment.
+monokhem the party of "fiscal responsibility"
We did many researchers and their water is still polluted!!!! It’s almost 2021 and the problem was not solved at all. They should invite her again, bring back the discussion and give updates 🙏. People are still getting sick (or sicker :(
I don't know why, but I was waiting for Julia Roberts to walk out.
It is just outrageous. How can someone like this happen in 2016. All those involved need to be legally punished. It is reprehensible
Problem has been resolved, now the lawyers dance. In January 2021, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and other officials were charged with many felonies for their role in this shit
It's just horrifying that that kind of issue can even get to that point in this country.
God. Bless. You. You. Are. A. Legend. Much. Love. Erin
A big problem with what she said about the city hiring the EM. That is false!!! The EM was forced upon the city by the Governor of Michigan. This same Governor said he would fix it and own up to the decision that switched us to use the river. Now the river water was not the problem. The problem was not treating that water properly with the correct chemicals. The Flint river water was safe and still is safe to be used. Trouble with Flint's water woes actually started back in 2012. With things popping up in the ancient supply lines coming out of Detroit. There is so much more to this mystery than we will ever know. We still don't have drinkable water coming out of our taps here in Flint.
Thanks from Louisiana....my husband is an 18 wheeler driver. He saw places with overflowing sewage and femanine sanitary products on ground .... going into our water table . Disgusting. Then major hurricane no wonder we all have been sick here
I live in a country notorious for its poor water we all either boil our water or put special filters in our homes. Also, there is the possibility to buy filtered water for cooking and drinking. And very sadly it is a planetary crisis. I imagine Erin has been very busy considering this interview was 7 years ago!!
This is embarrassing for the United States of America! 2016 everyone should have access to clean water hopefully no one get sick in Flint.
i live here and kids are getting rashes all over their body. it hasnt been covered by the media yet
+Isaac Diaz b/c there is no media anymore, not much. just corporate or conservative bull and murder stories.
maybe you have a community investigator type at the local news that you could get on the story?
+Isaac Diaz If you look online you can also find out that people are having their hair fall out as well. There were several other side effects as well, including people, especially kids, getting really sick. If I were in America I would be voting for Bernie Sanders, yet for some reason it seems like a large number of people in the US don't care and are voting for people like Trump, despite "running the government like a business" being to blame for things like this.
+hamndv it's beyond that now. since the resurgence of lead poisoning in Flint, cases of legionnaires disease have skyrocketed. this is just horrible
monokhem The vast majority of news stations haven't covered it until it hit social media and most people had already found out about it.
Time for a follow-up with Erin since local government court cases.
She doesn’t know squat.
it's not just Flint... wake up!
Pretty sure she said that...
I love her!
💐💗👏
She should have been in the gop debate instead!
She _is_ a great advocate for food/water regulations _but_ she clearly doesn't understand the science of GMOs and it damages her credibility.
Flint. That's such a great name for a disaster to happen. When they named it they probably said to someone "there's probably gonna be like a drought, or a water contamination here sometime", and they said "why?" and the founders said "cause it's named Flint! What else is ever gonna happen here?"
my parents almost named me Flint
my parents almost named me Flint
+Phyrexian Juggernaut Yeah but Phyrexian isnt such a good name either :P.
+Valter Östberg If you ever get into esoteric symbology the name provide far to much information. Just look up the first woman to be cured with ZMAP for EBOLA(her name Dr. WritEBOL only thing her name is missing is the A for it to say directly W or double you rit EBOL which means to hex EBOL which means she should know or have the cure to Ebola). If it where like the president names like Clinton or Bush which both mean to cheat/fishy esoterically this is why Jesus/Messiah is back as Pisces which is represented by 2 fish which don't worry 2 fish means to hex fish/cheaters/people rigging your environment from the top down like CLINTON(which means cunt on or to set a cheat/help with what the architect in the Matrix calls the remainder of unbalance equation=no justice because your lives are being rigged from the top down you don't really have choice but you probably don't know how pointed my statement is) you see it in BUSH another fishy name along with FISHER & HAMILL funny how both of their last names in real life mean the same thing. The fishy situation this World is in is also called the curse of HAM which is what Egypt was first called the land of HAM until the curse of HAM by NOAH(you see this in Heroes Reborn if you watch it let me know I can point you to things that they should not have known to put in a tv show especially when I can specifically point to where they got their information in real time just like the names they picked for characters).
+Valter Östberg
Flint also lends it's name to the adjective 'Flinty' which means firm and unyielding.
Love you. Erin. God. Bless. You
God bless her she is amazing
I'm happy I was named after this woman :)
Such a great woman she is 👍
Flint makes Detroit look like a great place to live
Dr Mona Hanna Attisha is the name of that local hero. Worked in the same hospital as her. www.cfgf.org/cfgf/GoodWork/FlintArea/WaterCrisis/tabid/855/Default.aspx is the link for donations.
Like he said, A real life super hero!
Listen to what Erin said. Water changes. From mud puddle to the ocean, each body of water, including two ponds next to each other will have a different mineral and chemical identification unique as a fingerprint. You just can't reroute water...
I remember reading online that the government has been replacing pipes in many cities across the country and I know my city is safe.
What About Wellston?!?! WAW?! St. Louis Missouri has a much larger problem! Please help us!!!!
Thanks Erin. Houston Texas water here Alief. Still awful. I'm so I'LL Dr refused to HELP me. Thanks Erin. Water protector. Love Your Book. Superman is Not coming to Save you.
She's amazing.
She seems emotionally tired, must be unbelievable to have to deal with issues like this over and over.
The USA has (since the 80's) taken the trickle down effect and ever since then our infrastructure has been neglected due to not getting taxes from the rich. It isn't a coincidence that all these things are happening around the same time. All the years of not having proper level of technicians, inspectors, equipment, repaired/maintained, not replacing pipes, not replacing old electrical grids, etc. Please for the love of the USA start taxing the rick and higher the proper staff to rebuild our now destroyed infrastructure.
I was actually JUST thinking about Erin when this Flint Water crisis blew up more in the news (Al Jazeera reported it looong ago.) I actually read her autobiography. She's a tough woman. Side note, her boyfriend at the time she cracked the case (the one who was portrayed as this gentle loving bike rider) was not such a good guy. He was actually being paid to babysit her kids and he wanted a shitload of money for the rights to portray him and then complained he wasn't portrayed well. I think he sued her too.
people can also distill their water several times and toss in some sodium hydroxydes or peroxides to make some of the metals precipitate for quick results, than filtrate, make sure the pH is neutral and all the peroxides are gone before using it. A third pretty safe solution is to freeze water vapor from the air take a big surface area bath tubb or kids swimming pool. Hang over it some cooling elements of an old refrigirator (make sure the freezing surfaces are clean) and let the water vapors from the tubb/pool evaporate and freeze to the cooling elements of the refirgirator. That ice is freshwater without any metal (!)-contaminants. If how ever there are other volatile contaminiations in the water (like ammonium, methanol, HS - hydrosulfide (rotten egss smell)) they may NOT get out by this method, depending on the contanimants.
Sorry it was necessary for her to be on talking about it but good to have her on & to hear about the water crisis.
Bring her on to talk about East Palestine, Ohio.
I never saw the movie about her, but that woman is great.
the 32 people that clicked a thumbs down - - - do you not like someone alerting us of poison water that is affecting millions? What is it that you are disagreeing with, I'm curious.
Those filters aren't strong enough, lead still comes through i heard..
This was aired 4 years ago, and this is still happening in Flint...
And your government cares about you
They were not lead pipes. but the sections were held together with lead solder. The $100 a day they saved was the cost of the chemicals that coat the pipes to prevent the lead from the solder to leech into the water. The corrosive water from the Flint River disolved that coating because they stopped using those chemicals, to save that $100 a day.
She is a national treasure
My word. Bravo Erin Brockovich ------sadly you lost me at the Red Cross endorsement. Otherwise --press on people. We must protect our waterways . . . ....
I started drinking, only, bottled spring water by the gallon starting in... 2013. Until I got to the Nashville Mission at the end of 2016.
I know that she fought for people who were dying of Cancer. She said she believed that people were getting sick because the water in their town was contaminated. That’s been her cause. I worked in a grocery store that she frequents and I noticed that she would always buy cigarettes. I always wondered why someone who was concerned about people dying of cancer would be smoking. I just find it a little hypocritical.
#bernie2020 structural change for all and renewed American infrastructure. We need this for our future.
The sad thing is none of this was necessary, also that the companies that are polluting are NOT held accountable.
Im glad our water here in Australia especially in Melbourne you can drink it
did anyone notice they were all republican govs
Yeah because they wanted to have a strong economy and reduce government spending. Were things overlook and did it cause problems? Yeah it did but the initial intentions were good. Better then a liberal running the states government and economy into the ground then complain about equal rights.
+The__Watcher Exactly! Strong economy is way more important than people lives! Dead people are all equal; so no complaint here!
+Nicolas Jeuniau Of course people's safty is a high priority but if they saw it fit to reduce costs and these were unseen side effects you should praise then not yell at them to resign as that would only cause more problems.
The__Watcher _"Were things overlooked?"_ As a matter of fact, they weren't. The plan to switch to Flint River had already been dismissed (because of environmental hazards) by the "emergency manager" before his decision was overuled by the governor's office...
So, they pretty much knew what they were doing.
+The__Watcher they saved a $100.
These things are why the FEDERAL RESERVE ACT absolutely *NEEDS* to be abolished.
Because of it, no state or local jurisdiction is able to create the money it needs to properly build and repair infrastructure.
I am willing to bet that if state and local governments were able to create money out of thin air to pay for local infrastructure projects, places like FLINT, MICHIGAN would have clean water.
But NO... Only a private bank is allowed to create money out of thin air and then sell that money to the United States at interest.
This is totally sad! Americans pay their Income tax, and what do they get. Endless wars, polluted water, polluted food, (GMOs) polluted air( Chem trails) boarders that are not secure, illegals allowed to vote, and emigrants to compete in an already competitive job market! Not one presidential candidate even remotely demonstrates an understanding of the real problem at the root of all others. Big money in government leads to the consolidation of wealth and power. This consolidation of wealth and power undermines our representative form of government and corrupts in general! Americans no longer have a government by the people for the people of the people! They now have a Corporateocracy that insurers the special interests of corporations and banks. Americans are no longer free, they are fucked!
Fantastic lady
Our water is still shit.🤷 my 3yr old had poisoning, far too much lead in her system. And she only bathed in the shower and watched her and wasnt foe too long. Shes good now though.
So much for the greatest country in the world
They've been running off momentum for decades. Chickens coming home to roost.
Chloramines are only one factor which affect the pH of water. The presence of chloramines alone does not mean the water is acidic.
in about 1970 we started using 95-5 solder, 95% tin, 5% lead. So all the old copper pipe plumbing emits some lead. with the countertop water stills you can distill about a quart an hour, cost less than $100 on eBay. Flint, right now, should get everyone to run water in hoses into the gutters. the sewer could not handle it all. flush the old pipes and get rid of the toxins in solution. water acidity could be corrected, but so long as you don't drink it, you are not getting much lead, etc. supplying neutral water would stop the corrosion, and stop producing the yucky stuff.
I'm a retired truck driver and I never drank the water
anywhere around this country for this very reason.......
My cousin lives in Sebring, ohio.
Where we grew up in Alliance, ohio there is a horrible chemical dump that leached into our water...into Deercreek Reservoir which supplies even canton. Ohio.
The dump is off of route 225 right by Atwater, Ohio