BioethicsTV: Legionnaires ’ Disease and the Cover-Up That Killed Flint Residents During the ‘ Flint Water Crisis ’

by Keisha Ray, Ph.D.   The story of Flint, Michigan’s water crisis, beginning in 2014 is a story that most people are familiar with. After changing how their water is supplied—Going from Detroit supplied water to water supplied from Flint river to the ultimate goal of pipelines bringing in water from Lake Huron—the water became contaminated. The yellow-ish brown, foul odor water brought in from Flint River had high levels of lead causing many people to not drink the water or use it for cooking, brushing teeth, or any other life activity that required water.…
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