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Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation | Marc Aronson, Candy J Cooper

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Based on original reporting by a Pulitzer Prize finalist and an industry veteran, the first book for young adults about the Flint water crisis In 2014, Flint, Michigan, was a cash-strapped city that had been built up, then abandoned by General Motors. As part of a plan to save money, government officials decided that Flint would temporarily switch its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Within months, many residents broke out in rashes. Then it got worse: children stopped growing. Some people were hospitalized with mysterious illnesses; others died. Citizens of Flint protested that the water was dangerous. Despite what seemed so apparent from the murky, foul-smelling liquid pouring from the city's faucets, officials refused to listen. They treated the people of Flint as the problem, not the water, which was actually poisoning thousands. Through interviews with residents and intensive research into legal records and news accounts, journalist Candy J. Cooper, assisted by writer-editor Marc Aronson, reveals the true story of Flint. Poisoned Water shows not just how the crisis unfolded in 2014, but also the history of racism and segregation that led up to it, the beliefs and attitudes that fueled it, and how the people of Flint fought-and are still fighting-for clean water and healthy lives.

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Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation | Marc Aronson, Candy J Cooper

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This story focuses on the citizens of Flint, the heroes who worked so hard to bring attention to the water that was and is killing their families and community.

Even though the state of Michigan took all power away from their citizens by creating a “manager” who reported only to the governor and not elected officials, ordinary people kept fighting to be heard.

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GondorGirl I lived in Flint for most of my life and have friends there who are still having to buy bottled water to brush their teeth. There is so much bullshit in the way that town was (and so is) treated by the people who were supposed to take care of it. 3y

Tamra Infuriating how people‘s health was disregarded! 3y

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Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation | Marc Aronson, Candy J Cooper

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A great YA book. Readable and engaging. The one problem I had was that the author neglected to sufficiently talk about WHY the Flint River arrived at the highly polluted state it did. It was a long process of abuse and dumping. We miss the intersection between abuse of our planet and the subsequent impacts it can have on communities. I think this was a part of the story that should have been told and tied into the narrative.

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