A big elephant in the room in Flint is even more dangerous than lead in the water. Degrading lead-based paint, paint dust, and roadway dust lead is more of a long term contaminant threat that has been ongoing for a century. This is true of most towns that have existed for more than fifty years. Lead paint chips are sweet tasting and the dust gets picked up on thumbs sucked by toddlers. The drinking water only adds to the exposures... tragically.
Published by Ray Kinney
A big elephant in the room in Flint is even more dangerous than lead in the water. Degrading lead-based paint, paint dust, and roadway dust lead is more of a long term contaminant threat that has been ongoing for a century. This is true of most towns that have existed for more than fifty years. Lead paint chips are sweet tasting and the dust gets picked up on thumbs sucked by toddlers. The drinking water only adds to the exposures... tragically.