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The Flint Water Crisis: Ongoing Social Impacts

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Flint still does not have clean water. What will it take to fully restore the city's water health? Why did this crisis happen in the first place? Let's discuss the social impacts, from socioeconomics, to race, to mental health. Sources: Gostin, L. O. (2016). Politics and Public Health: The Flint Drinking Water Crisis. Hastings Center Report, 46(4), 5 - 6. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.598 Zahran, S., Mcelmurry, S. P., Kilgore, P. E., Mushinski, D., Press, J., Love, N. G., . . . Swanson, M. S. (2018). Assessment of the Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in Flint, Michigan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(8), 1730 - 1739. doi:10.1073/pnas.1718679115