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The city of Flint, Michigan, U.S., changed its water source to the Flint River, which exposed residents to lead poisoning.
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Flint, Michigan
City in Michigan, United States
Flint is a city in and the county seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States. The population was 81,252 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 79,735 in 2024. making it the largest city in Genesee County and the 12th-most populous city in Michigan.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Contamination by lead of water supply in Flint, Michigan
The Flint water crisis was a public health crisis from 2014 to 2019 which involved the drinking water for the city of Flint, Michigan, being contaminated with lead and possibly Legionella bacteria.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Flint River
River in Georgia, United States
The Flint River is a 344-mile-long (554 km) river in the U.S. state of Georgia. The river drains 8,460 square miles (21,900 km2) of western Georgia, flowing south from the upper Piedmont region south of Atlanta to the wetlands of the Gulf Coastal Plain in the southwestern corner…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lead poisoning
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Lead poisoning, also known as plumbism and saturnism, is a type of metal poisoning caused by the presence of lead in the human body. Symptoms of lead poisoning may include abdominal pain, constipation, headaches, irritability, memory problems, infertility, numbness and tingling…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)