Lead in the water: the Flint water crisis

''From a peak of more than 200,000 in 1960, Flint's population had fallen below 100,000 residents by 2014. Since 2000, Flint has lost over 20 percent of its population. Emergency Managers have complete control and authority over municipal decisions. ''Since 2011, the City ha...

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Published in:Defense counsel journal 2016-10, Vol.83 (4), p.520
Main Author: Shelson, Jim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Causes of
Cities
Copper
Corrosion
Documentary films
Drinking water
Environmental management
Governors
Lead
Lead content
Lead poisoning
Legionnaires' disease
Litigation
Management
Political aspects
Population
Population decline
Poverty
Public health
Remedies
Residential water supply
Social aspects
State employees
Task forces
Water mains
Water pollution
Water shortages
Water supply
Water treatment plants
Water utilities
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Summary:''From a peak of more than 200,000 in 1960, Flint's population had fallen below 100,000 residents by 2014. Since 2000, Flint has lost over 20 percent of its population. Emergency Managers have complete control and authority over municipal decisions. ''Since 2011, the City has been under some form of state-ordered and controlled emergency financial manage"9 ment.'' Water from the Flint River water has about 8 times more chloride in it than Detroit water. [...]iron corrosion consumes chlorine.
ISSN:0895-0016
2376-3906