マット・マクゴリーのインスタグラム(mattmcgorry) - 12月21日 11時58分

Repost from @shishi.rose - Today's post via our @womensmarch page:

_ *Flint, is a city of 98,310, where 41.6% of residents live below the poverty line and the median household income for those below the poverty line is $24,679. The median household income for the rest of Michigan is $49,087. The city is 56.6% African-American.

_ *Historically, the water in the Flint River downstream of Flint has been of poor quality, and was severely degraded during the 1970s, due to "the presence of fecal coliform bacteria, low dissolved oxygen, plant nutrients, oils, and toxic substances." In 2001, the state ordered the monitoring and cleanup of 134 polluted sites within the Flint River watershed.

_ *According to a class-action lawsuit, the state Department of Environmental Quality was not treating the Flint River water with an anti-corrosive agent, in violation of federal law. The river water was found to be 19 times more corrosive than water from Detroit, which was from Lake Huron, according to a study by Virginia Tech.

_ *Since the water wasn't properly treated, lead from aging service lines to homes began leaching into the Flint water supply after the city tapped into the Flint River as its main water source.

_ *Health effects of lead exposure in children include impaired cognition, behavioral disorders, hearing problems and delayed puberty. In pregnant women, lead is associated with reduced fetal growth. Some pregnant women who have been exposed to the contaminated water have miscarried. In everyone, lead consumption can affect the heart, kidneys and nerves. Although there are medications that may reduce the amount of lead in the blood, treatments for the adverse health effects of lead have yet to be developed.

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