Flint water crisis
Michigan contamination scandal
The Flint water crisis was a public health emergency beginning in 2014 when Flint, Michigan switched its water supply to the Flint River without proper corrosion treatment, causing lead to leach from aging pipes into drinking water.
The crisis exposed thousands of residents, particularly children, to dangerous lead levels and became a symbol of environmental injustice and governmental failure affecting poor and predominantly Black communities.
The Flint water crisis showed how infrastructure neglect devastates vulnerable populations.
- poisonedMade toxic intentionally
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- lead poisoningToxic heavy metal accumulation
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
racial inequality · public health · childhood development · community advocacy · economic disparity · class action · corrosive · hazardous · cover up · government failure · city officials · urban decay · Rust Belt · industrial decline · harm · racial demographics · epidemiology · Great Lakes region
Flint water crisisenvironmental justice
Fair sharing of ecological burdens
Flint water crisisinfrastructure investment
Spending on foundational systems
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