WASHINGTON — Another Congressional committee is scheduled to take up the Flint lead water crisis next week in Washington D.C.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is planning a joint hearing entitled “Flint Water Crisis: Impacts and Lessons Learned,” with the subcommittee on environment and the economy, and subcommittee on health.
The hearing, scheduled for April 13 at 10 a.m., will examine water infrastructure concerns across the country and the health impacts of the crisis, according to a notice issued Wednesday.
The House Committee on Oversight and Government reform has held three hearings of its own on the water crisis, hearing testimony from Gov. Rick Snyder and former Flint emergency manager Darnell Earley, among several others.
A witness list has not been announced for the hearing.
An independent task force report released in March placed the blame for the crisis on the state, calling it ‘environmental injustice.’
Flint was put under a public health emergency after its drinking water became tainted when the city switched from the Detroit system and began drawing from the Flint River in April 2014 to save money. The city was under state management at the time.
Water was not properly treated to keep lead from pipes from leaching into the supply. Some children’s blood has tested positive for lead, a potent neurotoxin linked to learning disabilities, lower IQ and behavioral problems.
