I find this odd since just yesterday they were in short supply.

please contact corporations about putting bins marked with the words Hazardous outside their doors. i have talked to several and they say good idea but i have yet to see any. at Cabela's store during the holidays i saw SIX masks, on the sidewalk, on the pavement and on the grass. if stores insist on customers wearing them they could make a place for them to be discarded. people walk out of the doors, rip them off and drop them every place. it is disgusting.

To quote my doctor, "They are so unhealthy. We are making ourselves sick with them reinhaling germs and bacteria."

I constantly see them on sidewalks, parking lots; in fact, everywhere. It does make one wonder. Who are these people and how did they make it this far??

And having washed a few in the washer on accident, they do not seem to be changed after washing and drying. So imagine how long they last in the ocean...long time!!

And please cut the loops so any animal scavenging won't get strung up in it!!

i AM SO TIRED OF SEEING MASKS EVERYWHERE DISCARED!! If this virus is so deadly how can this be safe???

I see masks and disposable gloves everywhere, it’s so disgusting. Pretty sad when my very young kids even point it out because they know it’s gross and irresponsible.

I always put them in the bin and hope, they will be disposed properly by the companies and will not somehow find their way into the ocean, but so many brain- and careless people just throw their masks away, where ever they are, in front of shops, at the parking lot, in the nature... 🤬

Stop wearing them altogether. Getting them in trash doesn't keep them from ending up in oceans I bet. We already have an immune system

Because this virus is so dangerous and can stay "alive" on everything for days... that we just toss the masks around, no big deal??? What a huge psyop by our "trusted" leaders...ridiculous.

It saddens me to see masks laying all over, they have even found them while cleaning up the Weeki Wachee River

heck i am a volunter where i live that picks up trash in our campgrounds and in the river and lake. I picked up so many masks this summer and dirty toilet paper i should be dead or something. A local cancer center is still trying to figure out why my white blood count is dangerously low. and I wore a mask all the time. I told people locally the massks should be hazardous waste but they just laugh

Most of those blew into the ocean from the Costco parking lots😢

Just use plastic bags. Place over whole head then tie in a knot around neck. There, safe!

I can’t believe how many masks I see laying around all over the streets. It’s disgusting

I work at Walmart and people throw them in the floor and hang them on racks.

I pick them up off the beach almost daily🤮

So , so true. I see them all over the place . Some people are just to stupidly selfish to throw their mask anywhere they feel like .

"Bio-hazard" lol u would think if this illness is as deadly as claimed the govt would have mandated biohazard bins along with the masks. Whole thing is a joke.

It is truly amazing to witness how this species has no respect for this land -- the only place where it can survive

Yes, we live by a river and we always find them along the river. Humans are dirty.

Masks are super disgusting! The ground is littered with them and rubber gloves.. People don't care at all anymore! I have never seen so much litter on the ground.

Also, please cut the loops so animals don't get caught in them.

Oh yes, the new plastic bag.., human’s are so bad for the planet 🌏

In what universe is Governor Rick Snyder’s crimes of damaging 10,000 young children’s brains and bodies for life only a misdemeanor? I’m hoping it’s just a stepping stone; they are bringing heavy charges against the governor’s underlings and getting them to reveal more evidence that will allow them to convict Governor Snyder of much worse crimes.

Obama went there. The citizens were so happy thinking he was going to help them with their water. He asked for a glass of water...took a sip out of it and told them there was nothing wrong with it. Then left.

It is my opinion that this is far worse than a mass shooting and should be prosecuted as such. A slap on the wrist for something so horrible????

Every public servant is accountable for what goes on on his/her watch. So it’s our responsibility to listen, to get to the meetings, do our due diligence at the ground level.

Rick Snyder, immediately after he was inaugurated, passed a law that gave him the power to replace duly elected officials in Michigan's municipalities with hand-picked "emergency managers" who had the full power of the Governor's office behind them. During his entire tenure he controlled not only state government, but municipalities as well. He is getting what he richly deserves.

Finally! So many were sympathizers of our governor. He deserves what's coming

I live in Michigan.. The ex governor is getting a slap in the hand.. Maybe a year in jail and a thousand dollar fine.. Really, a grand for ruining the health of all the residents of flint..

Despite this I heard just the other day water conditions are still atrocious in Flint.

This atrocity has not been resolved. People (mostly of color) are still unable to have safe dependable water.

As a michigander, I am pleased to see these criminals being held to account. The charges against them are ridiculously low after all the havoc and harm they have raised and done in Flint! Snyder also did all he could to disable the peoples democratic votes by appointing his "emergency managers" to override the peoples choice. Best narrative EVER on Rachel Maddow's show tonight on MSNBC.!!

I do hope the city counsil is on that list. Every single official in Flint knew water bills weren't being paid to Detroit. The water issue was a ticking timebomb...it is unfortunate it effected the residence of Flint...if only we could control things and the govt was more transparent.

Good! They need to be held accountable for the egregious disregard for the lives, health, and welfare of these citizens!

We haven’t had a good governor in my lifetime, we are due a good one who is for us, the people of Michigan, God please hear our prayers.

Erin Brockovich , you have been one of the biggest advocates and a enviromental activist for this awful and long fight that it has been going on for years without response from politicians. You must be so relief, thank you for your contribution of many sleepless nights to help the people of Flint. This could have been avoided but greet and evil didn't permit it. But good prevailed at the end. Happy to see JUSTICE! However, justice wasn't so just to the charges with this sentence. but justice after all and that's a start. Thank you Erin Brockovich.

Good that they finally can charge these monstrous criminals, but Snyder is fully culpable as governor of Michigan at the time, and he’ll skip out on his jail sentence because he’s a multimillionaire.

I heard just a small bit on the radio they was saying the Wayne County prosecutor was at the press release. That's 3 County's apart is she going to be a special prosecutor. If so she is good at what she does

As bad as their crime was, I’m surprised that they didn’t try to leave the country to avoid the jail time that they deserve.

Too little. Too late. Snyder faces "up to" 1 yr & $1,000 fine. Seriously! He should drink & bath in the same water he designated to the city of Flint for the SAME amount of time he did nothing for! Vile being and waste of skin.

I am so happy to finally see this long overdue prosecution however I live in Michigan and understand that this Rat Snyder etal are only being charged with misdemeanors. 😥 as they will skate with only a pissy little fine.😡

Not nearly enough punishment. People lost their lives and many live with diseases. They should do life and have to sit and learn about water and what it has to done to each and every person every day for life.

His charges are so petty. He deserves so much worse. Don't get me wrong. I'm so glad that he's charged but he does deserve so much worse. Children and their families will suffer from the iron in their water for the rest of their lives.

This whole situation is an incredible injustice so long lasting and harmful no amount of punishment will ever be enough ever !

Flint is still dealing with this crisis. They don’t trust their water, would you? The charges against Schneider are weak but it’s a start.

This has been such a long time coming, I truly thought we would never see justice. Here is the beginning of justice

It's about damn time! Citizens of Flint deserve justice and accountabilities!