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Flint, Michigan Declares State of Emergency Over Lead In Children's Blood (washingtonpost.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the get-the-lead-out dept.

schwit1 writes: The Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan released a study in September that confirmed what many Flint parents had feared for over a year: The proportion of infants and children with above-average levels of lead in their blood has nearly doubled since the city switched from the Detroit water system to using the Flint River as its water source, in 2014. "City officials have also said the use of corrosive Flint River water also damaged Flint's water infrastructure after state regulators never required the river water be treated to make it less corrosive." FEMA is now supplying bottled water to the city.

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  1. Lead from water? by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I presumed the extra lead came from all the bullets entering everyone's bodies because they lived in a redneck town where guns are common and the gun owners are cognitively challenged when it comes to understanding the consequences of widespread gun ownership.
     

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  2. Re:Roger & Me by msauve · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Just like GM, Michael Moore moved his contribution to Flint's tax base away from Flint long ago.

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  3. Re: Its always someone else's problem by MightyMartian · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    And once again we see how apologist for corporate excess want to blame everyone but the companies themselves.

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