Summary Of The Flint Water Crisis

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In Flint, Michigan, the (mostly people of color) population was exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water. Lead can cause numerous health problems and has for people living in Flint. This essay will describe how this could have occurred, what the effects are, and how it should have been avoided. One has to wonder what exactly was the cause of this disaster? Adrian Dingle explains the cause of the situation in the article The Flint Water Crisis: What's Really Going On, in which he details how the Flint Water Crisis was caused by improper water treatment paired with lead piping as a result of budget cuts. The water source was to switch from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to the Karegnondi Water Authority that was not