{"id":5157,"date":"2019-09-05T15:19:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T15:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/brinks\/?p=5157"},"modified":"2019-09-05T15:19:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T15:19:18","slug":"brinks-introduces-legislation-to-protect-veterans-drinking-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/brinks\/2019\/09\/05\/brinks-introduces-legislation-to-protect-veterans-drinking-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Brinks introduces legislation to protect veterans\u2019 drinking water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Bill requires lead testing and remediation at veterans\u2019 facilities across Michigan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LANSING \u2014 Sen.&nbsp;<strong>Winnie Brinks<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Grand Rapids) today announced an expanded push to protect drinking water with a bill that would require lead testing of water in veterans\u2019 facilities. The legislation comes as more communities and health officials across the country call for safeguards against lead in drinking water in schools and other facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legislature.mi.gov\/doc.aspx?2019-SB-0396\">Senate Bill 396<\/a>, introduced by Sen. Brinks, would establish practices similar to those carried out at schools, day cares and adult foster care facilities to test lead levels in drinking water at places like the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur nation\u2019s veterans have made tremendous sacrifices to protect this country and help communities in times of need or natural disasters. Access to clean drinking water is one of our most basic human needs,\u201d Sen. Brinks said. \u201cIt is our responsibility to ensure Michiganders \u2014 including former service members who defended our freedom and dedicated their lives to keeping others safe \u2014 can trust that their water is safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Testing would include sampling, analysis and remediation if lead results exceed state safety standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToxic water contamination crises in communities across Michigan have proven that we cannot wait until tragedies strike and families fall ill to put safeguards in place,\u201d Sen. Brinks said. \u201cWe must look out for every resident of our state, especially our most vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senate Bill 396 was referred to the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill requires lead testing and remediation at veterans\u2019 facilities across Michigan LANSING \u2014 Sen.&nbsp;Winnie Brinks&nbsp;(D-Grand Rapids) today announced an expanded push to protect drinking water with a bill that would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brinks introduces legislation to protect veterans\u2019 drinking water - 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