Environmental-Racism

GM Plant Stops Using Flint Water After It Corrodes Car Parts—But Residents Must Keep Drinking It

2014-10-13 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

General Motors’ engine plant in Flint stops using city water after discovering it is corroding engine parts, switching to Lake Huron water from a neighboring township at an anticipated cost to the city of $400,000. GM reports that the super-high levels of chloride in Flint River water are …

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Flint Switches to Corrosive River Water to Save Money, Poisoning Entire City

2014-04-25 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

Officials in Flint, Michigan switch the city’s water supply from treated Detroit water (sourced from Lake Huron) to the polluted Flint River as a cost-cutting measure, beginning one of the worst public health disasters in modern American history. The decision, made by state-appointed emergency …

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