Summary: The Flint Water Crisis

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The Flint Water Crisis
By: Julia Scott Flint Michigan, like multiple other underfunded and intercity towns within American suburbs, have been recently highlighted in news stories, the media and other current events distributers as a victim of both the ignorance and carelessness from years of industrial manufacturing and the corruption of state and federal officials under the illusion of production and economic priorities/ hardships. Since the 1830s, factory waste was initially introduced to Flint water sources after lumber yards and chemical processes became the standard. However, forests around flint were gradually cleared, and therefore, the seemingly essential automobile was established, under monopolies such as General Motors, as not only the staple of the modern American family but a foundation for the automobile industry in this sprout up city …show more content…
Subsequently, the limited technology and access to resources available during the now early 1900s allowed for extensive pollution from oil and emissions both accidentally and purposefully into the environment of Michigan causing the disappearance of fish, eggs, and other wildlife surrounding the water sources. Action arose between 1945 and 1960, years following WWII, considering the population increased from returning war veterans and the baby boom, and due to the lack of gallons per capita, the city would not be able to support the growing residential needs. In 1967, Flint switched to the Detroit water supply, where health and environmental effects were an afterthought and the main priority was business and production.

In April of 2014, Flint Michigan was experiencing an economic depression, and after a culmination of both government incompetence and lack of environmental advice, the almost broken city changed its water supply to the Flint River
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