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Miguel Del Toral is a former regional groundwater regulations manager for the Environmental Protection Agency. He was one of the first people to warn the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality that there was a problem with the water in Flint, and that they needed to use corrosion control chemicals to rectify it. The MDEQ assured Miguel that the water in Flint was fine—but Miguel teamed up with a local Flint mother to leak an EPA memo reporting the truth about the crisis. Miguel was one of the first whistleblowers in the Flint water crisis, and he paved the way for Mona and her team.
Miguel Del Toral Quotes in What the Eyes Don’t See
The What the Eyes Don’t See quotes below are all either spoken by Miguel Del Toral or refer to Miguel Del Toral. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“If Miguel’s right that Flint is not using corrosion control, that means there’s lead in Flint's water.”
“Lead in the water?”
[…] “And based on Miguel’s memo,” she went on, “the lead levels in the Flint water are really, really high. He suspects that MDEQ isn’t testing correctly. That’s why he leaked the memo.”
“Are you kidding me?” I shook my head. “Why would anybody at the EPA need to leak their own memo?”
Elin cocked her head and just stared at me, deadpan. She was waiting for me to catch up.
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Miguel Del Toral Quotes in What the Eyes Don’t See
The What the Eyes Don’t See quotes below are all either spoken by Miguel Del Toral or refer to Miguel Del Toral. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 3
Quotes
“If Miguel’s right that Flint is not using corrosion control, that means there’s lead in Flint's water.”
“Lead in the water?”
[…] “And based on Miguel’s memo,” she went on, “the lead levels in the Flint water are really, really high. He suspects that MDEQ isn’t testing correctly. That’s why he leaked the memo.”
“Are you kidding me?” I shook my head. “Why would anybody at the EPA need to leak their own memo?”
Elin cocked her head and just stared at me, deadpan. She was waiting for me to catch up.
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