Sorry I’m a little weak, I have a lot of neurological issues. I’m 37, my name is Adam Murphy, we live in Flint. I have five children, my son Declan was born with lead in his blood. I had blood work done and some of the stuff they found in my blood: copper (17.3 parts per billion). The range is between 3 and 15 parts per billion, I’m way over that. I have seizures and neurological problems with my brain. I just got back from Henry Ford hospital where I talked to a neurologist, he’s going to be doing some extensive MRIs and I have to get on some expensive medications that Medicaid doesn’t cover.

I can’t control my body temperature– I go outside, when you walk across a piece of cold steel– these heavy metals, they turn cold, so you walk outside in the sun– your body feels like it’s on fire. That’s because that metal in your organs– your eyes turn bloodshot. The sun impacts it. The cold impacts it. Your body just can’t control this and it tries to adapt– but it can’t. Because of the foreign chemicals. Not just lead and copper that they just want to talk about. I’m not worried about lead. I’m worried about chloroform, acetone, all these other chemicals they don’t want to talk about for some reason. They’re too afraid and they’re in denial, “Not in America! Not in America!.” I’ve been in third world countries. There’s dirty water, sometimes with bodies floating in it, but you can still drink it. You can freaking drink it.

People talk about New York City and the drinking water there. In New York City, the EPA tests the city water, and there’s a mile long list of things they’re testing for. How come they’re not doing that here? They’re finding lead in New York City but they’re taking care of it. They’re treating their citizens with respect by saying “Oh there’s a lead pipe that we missed in your home. You have like .1 parts per billion of lead coming out of your pipes, so we have to change them to get them out” That’s what we need here.  Based on the detailed 2015 water report for New York City that I looked up, they’re testing a thousand homes every month. They’re testing for things the EPA isn’t even required to look for. How come they’re not doing it here? Why? Because we’re poor? Uneducated? I went to school for seven years. I worked in the field for two and a half years. I can’t even take care of myself or my kids. My wife takes care of me. I can’t even drive myself to places because I get lost. If you’re experiencing pain, these symptoms– the state has a lot of answering to do. And a lot more work than what they’re doing. Covering it up is not the answer.