Gov. Rick Snyder said he will drink filtered tap water to prove it’s safe after a massive lead-contamination crisis.
Al Goldis / AP
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Monday vowed to drink the tap water from the city of Flint for the next 30 days in order to prove it's safe following a massive lead-contamination crisis.
Snyder said he will drink from large jugs that he filled at a Flint resident's home.
"I'm going to start drinking that tonight and do it for the next 30 days," Snyder said, according to the Detroit Free Press.
When asked if his family would also drink the water, Snyder said his wife "is on board with this."
Snyder had initially been met with heavy criticism after encouraging Flint residents to switch from drinking bottled water to filtered water.
"They have to cook with it and bathe with it," Elizabeth Taylor, a 73-year-old Flint resident, told the Detroit Free-Press.
The governor acknowledged the blow back in announcing his pledge on Monday.
"Flint residents made it clear that they would like to see me personally drink the water, so today I am fulfilling that request," Snyder said.
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