Documentary about Flint water crisis: 'Not Safe to Drink'
Bottled water.
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A Michigan Radio documentary about the water crisis in Flint. Some of the drinking water there is so seriously contaminated that the lead levels could qualify as hazardous waste, and it was so corrosive it was damaging auto parts at GM. Lead causes serious brain damage in children. How did this happen?
The Governor has called out the National Guard to deliver water and the President has declared an emergency.
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