The flint water crisis is a public health crisis that started in 2014 after the drinking water source for the city of flint michigan was contaminated.
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Flint located 70 miles north of detroit is a city of 99 002 where 41 6 of residents live below the poverty line and the median household income is 24 679 according to the u s.
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Approximate population of flint a majority black city in michigan about 70 miles northeast of.
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News of the poisoned water crisis in flint has reached a wide audience around the world.
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Although it was once a thriving industrial centre the city of flint in souteastern michigan.
In april 2014 flint changed its water source from treated detroit water and sewerage department water sourced from lake huron and the detroit river to the flint river officials failed to apply corrosion inhibitors to the water.
Flint michigan is in the midst of a crisis because of a contaminated water supply.
Volunteers load a car with bottled water for delivery in flint michigan carlos osorio ap 100 000.
For two years a threat has been imposed upon residents and is now in the forefront of the nation s attention.
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The republican governor rick snyder nullified the free elections in flint deposed the mayor and city council then appointed his own man to run the city.