FLINT, MICHIGAN - 6 Years Later

"6 years after water crisis began, what has changed in Flint — and what hasn’t" PBS NewsHour 8/20/2020

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SUMMARY:  The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, exposed major health and environmental concerns for residents and prompted new scrutiny of access to clean drinking water in the U.S.  But Flint is still grappling with the consequences of its crisis, including financial and legal liability.  John Yang reports and talks to Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician who helped sound the alarm about Flint’s water.

TROUBLED WATER - Flint, Michigan, 5 Years Later

Made worst by Trump's anti-regulation stance.

"Why Flint residents are still dealing with water worries, 5 years after lead crisis" PBS NewsHour 10/3/2019

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SUMMARY:  Since 2014, Flint, Michigan, has been synonymous with tainted water.  Five years on, not all of the city's residents have access to safe water.  Some wait for hours in line to obtain bottled water, while others deal with the physical and emotional fallout of exposure to high lead levels from corrosion of city pipes.  John Yang reports from Flint on what has changed -- and what hasn’t.