Flint water crisis

Sign pointing to a water distribution site in Flint, MI.

It’s been almost three years since Flint’s water crisis began. What have we learned?

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Last month, lead levels in Flint’s city water finally tested below federal-action level. But residents are still being cautioned to use filters on their faucets, or to drink bottled water.

Information about filters at a distribution center table

One reason undocumented immigrants didn’t learn about Flint’s lead poisoning sooner: There wasn’t much in Spanish

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Studies show that communities of color are especially vulnerable to environmental injustice and environmental racism.

This professor says Flint’s water crisis amounts to environmental racism

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The mom and the EPA ‘rogue employee’ who exposed Flint’s water crisis

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Flint's water tower

Flint’s lead problem extreme example of chronic global problem

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