Flint water Crisis : Michigan – 2016

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects. Health Studies Branch.
• Description:
  On April 25, 2014, the City of Flint, Michigan changed their municipal water supply source from the Detroit-supplied Lake Huron water to the Flint River. The switch caused water distribution pipes to corrode and leach lead and other contaminants into municipal drinking water. In October 2016, Flint residents were advised not to drink the municipal tap water unless it had been filtered through a NSF International approved filter certified to remove lead. Although the city reconnected to the original Detroit water system that same month, the potential damage was already done and a state of emergency was declared on January 16, 2016.
  
  FLINT-H.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Drinking Water Environmental Exposure Lead Poisoning Water Pollutants, Chemical Water Supply
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Flint, Michigan
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c915a38082b6aa843fa667629841605ba2b54985feb0b0c3ae7ff037df414858
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/108264/cdc_108264_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 275.74 KB ]