for one American city the once safe
drinking water could lead to serious
illness and disease welcome to
watchmojo.com it we’re counting down
five crucial facts you should know about
the Flint water crisis number five what
is the Flint water crisis on March 25th
2013 Flint Michigan City Council voted 7
to 1 to switch the city’s water supply
from the Detroit water and sewage
department to a new 233 million dollar
project in the making the caret nandi
Water Authority however the KWA was not
scheduled for completion until the end
of 2016 so when Detroit water gave Flint
12 months notice on their long-standing
now severed water agreement the city was
forced to find an alternative temporary
supply use of the Flint River as a
backup source began in April 2014 but
problems quickly came to light Flint
residents complained that their tap
water smelled and tasted bad despite
local authorities including mayor Dayne
walling insisting quote it’s a quality
safe product a rush for store-bought
mineral water followed which was again
dismissed as unnecessary by local
government quote I think people are
wasting their precious money buying
bottled water waling said number 4 what
is wrong with the water the initial
problem was the presence of total
trihalomethanes or TT hm a chemical
contamination formed as a byproduct of
disinfecting water if consumed over many
years TT HM can lead to a series of
major health concerns including liver
and kidney issues as well as increasing
the risk of cancer PTH M levels were
eventually brought under control by
September 2015
but the problem had already been
replaced with another serious issue on
October 1st Genesee County declared a
public health emergency after reports
found the Flint water supply
contaminated with lead we started to
lose our hair all five of us and we
started developing rashes on our arms
and our face while harmful for everyone
the ingestion of lead is
sidered especially dangerous for
children as it can damage early
development of the brain and central
nervous system with eight thousand six
hundred and fifty-seven children exposed
to the drinking water according to
census data which doesn’t include
outside visitors or the unborn children
of pregnant women the outcry was
understandably huge number three who is
responsible for the lead toxicity let
came to be in the water supply because
water sourced from the Flint River is
more corrosive than that which had been
previously used as a result lead was
being leached from the insides of aging
water pipes at an ever-increasing rate
in terms of responsibility the
government has received heavy criticism
for its repeated failures to act on the
issue quickly and for its incorrect
and sometimes unfounded claims that
Flint’s drinking water is safe it took
the publication of a series of
independent reports and several months
to elapsed before local authorities
began to directly address the problem
rather than arguing against it while
governmental representatives had
insisted that Flint’s water was
drinkable almost all of the city’s
population had been exposed to potential
lead poisoning number two what has been
done to combat the problem in early
October 2015
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder announced
plans to reconnect with Detroit water
but problems caused by the new corroded
pipes continued despite ongoing public
concerns since the April 2014 switch it
was not until January 5th 2016 that
Snyder declared a state of emergency
throughout the following week Snyder
worked to combat the crisis further by
overseeing the distribution of bottled
water water filters and home water
testing kits out of water resource sites
or else via door-to-door delivery On
January 15th President Barack Obama
declared the Flint water crisis as a
federal emergency therefore pledging up
to five million dollars in federal aid
towards finding a solution but for some
Flint residents it was too little too
late as many believe the state was slow
to respond due to environmental racism
aimed at the primarily poor mostly
african-american residents
of Flint Michigan’s it’s a racial crisis
it’s a poverty crisis Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
went so far as to say that the Flint
water crisis was a civil rights issue
and not merely an environmental disaster
if the kids in a rich suburb of Detroit
had been drinking contaminated water and
being bathed in it there would have been
actions number one what is the next step
for Flint Michigan for Flint
it’s now a case of rebuilding reputation
the water crisis has cast the city in a
highly unfavorable light on both US
national and international news and
there’s a culture of fear flowing
through the town the primary concern is
to provide residents with clean drinking
water once again even before the city’s
planned joining of the KWA which was
still scheduled to go ahead as of early
2016 and to address any health issues
that may have been triggered by the
contaminated supply as some effects of
lead poisoning are more long-term the
city may experience after-effects of the
crisis for years to come it affects
their cognition so they’re thinking it
drops children’s IQ but with the
situation now being watched by the White
House residents hope that a short-term
solution is found quickly after that
it’ll be down to the local government to
try and win back the trust of their
people did these facts get you thinking
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drinking water could lead to serious
illness and disease welcome to
watchmojo.com it we’re counting down
five crucial facts you should know about
the Flint water crisis number five what
is the Flint water crisis on March 25th
2013 Flint Michigan City Council voted 7
to 1 to switch the city’s water supply
from the Detroit water and sewage
department to a new 233 million dollar
project in the making the caret nandi
Water Authority however the KWA was not
scheduled for completion until the end
of 2016 so when Detroit water gave Flint
12 months notice on their long-standing
now severed water agreement the city was
forced to find an alternative temporary
supply use of the Flint River as a
backup source began in April 2014 but
problems quickly came to light Flint
residents complained that their tap
water smelled and tasted bad despite
local authorities including mayor Dayne
walling insisting quote it’s a quality
safe product a rush for store-bought
mineral water followed which was again
dismissed as unnecessary by local
government quote I think people are
wasting their precious money buying
bottled water waling said number 4 what
is wrong with the water the initial
problem was the presence of total
trihalomethanes or TT hm a chemical
contamination formed as a byproduct of
disinfecting water if consumed over many
years TT HM can lead to a series of
major health concerns including liver
and kidney issues as well as increasing
the risk of cancer PTH M levels were
eventually brought under control by
September 2015
but the problem had already been
replaced with another serious issue on
October 1st Genesee County declared a
public health emergency after reports
found the Flint water supply
contaminated with lead we started to
lose our hair all five of us and we
started developing rashes on our arms
and our face while harmful for everyone
the ingestion of lead is
sidered especially dangerous for
children as it can damage early
development of the brain and central
nervous system with eight thousand six
hundred and fifty-seven children exposed
to the drinking water according to
census data which doesn’t include
outside visitors or the unborn children
of pregnant women the outcry was
understandably huge number three who is
responsible for the lead toxicity let
came to be in the water supply because
water sourced from the Flint River is
more corrosive than that which had been
previously used as a result lead was
being leached from the insides of aging
water pipes at an ever-increasing rate
in terms of responsibility the
government has received heavy criticism
for its repeated failures to act on the
issue quickly and for its incorrect
and sometimes unfounded claims that
Flint’s drinking water is safe it took
the publication of a series of
independent reports and several months
to elapsed before local authorities
began to directly address the problem
rather than arguing against it while
governmental representatives had
insisted that Flint’s water was
drinkable almost all of the city’s
population had been exposed to potential
lead poisoning number two what has been
done to combat the problem in early
October 2015
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder announced
plans to reconnect with Detroit water
but problems caused by the new corroded
pipes continued despite ongoing public
concerns since the April 2014 switch it
was not until January 5th 2016 that
Snyder declared a state of emergency
throughout the following week Snyder
worked to combat the crisis further by
overseeing the distribution of bottled
water water filters and home water
testing kits out of water resource sites
or else via door-to-door delivery On
January 15th President Barack Obama
declared the Flint water crisis as a
federal emergency therefore pledging up
to five million dollars in federal aid
towards finding a solution but for some
Flint residents it was too little too
late as many believe the state was slow
to respond due to environmental racism
aimed at the primarily poor mostly
african-american residents
of Flint Michigan’s it’s a racial crisis
it’s a poverty crisis Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
went so far as to say that the Flint
water crisis was a civil rights issue
and not merely an environmental disaster
if the kids in a rich suburb of Detroit
had been drinking contaminated water and
being bathed in it there would have been
actions number one what is the next step
for Flint Michigan for Flint
it’s now a case of rebuilding reputation
the water crisis has cast the city in a
highly unfavorable light on both US
national and international news and
there’s a culture of fear flowing
through the town the primary concern is
to provide residents with clean drinking
water once again even before the city’s
planned joining of the KWA which was
still scheduled to go ahead as of early
2016 and to address any health issues
that may have been triggered by the
contaminated supply as some effects of
lead poisoning are more long-term the
city may experience after-effects of the
crisis for years to come it affects
their cognition so they’re thinking it
drops children’s IQ but with the
situation now being watched by the White
House residents hope that a short-term
solution is found quickly after that
it’ll be down to the local government to
try and win back the trust of their
people did these facts get you thinking
to vote for which news story is covered
next
head over to watchmojo.com slash suggest
and be sure to hit that subscribe button
for more newsworthy top 10s published
every week
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