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Over 50% of U.S. children under 6 have lead in their blood, says a new study — with children most at risk living in poverty, pre-1950s housing or living in Black or Latino communities.

Even small amounts of lead can damage the brain, nervous system and cognitive development.

Black children in the U.S. are 3x more likely to have high blood lead levels than white children.

An NRDC study found:

▪️ BIPOC communities 40% more likely to have unsafe water

▪️ Unsafe water ties to segregation/discrimination

▪️ 130M drank from unsafe water systems in 2016-19

The Flint water crisis exposed about 9,000 young children to lead after officials switched water supplies to cut costs.

7 years later:

▪️ Pipe replacement still not complete

▪️ Benton Harbor, another Black-majority MI city, has water lead levels up to 60x federal limit

one-time-i-dreamt:

aarongoesburr:

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neshatriumphs:

canisinculta:

kaijuno:

I’m just super fucking bitter that once the flint water crisis got it’s 15 minutes of fame people stopped giving a shit. The water is still poisoned, people! Donations have plummeted and people have been forced back into drinking and bathing with the water! The medical effects of this are astounding, cases of legionnaires disease have skyrocketed, people are having seizures, people are having weird rashes break out over their body, people (including me!) are having their blood poisoned, and it’s not just lead! it’s coliform bacteria! it’s THMs! it’s all in the water and it gets into the bloodstream and breaks down blood vessels, causing bruising and petechiae and internal bleeding and no one gives a shit anymore and it’s only gotten worse like how many people are going to have to die until people realize this is still a problem

I would like to add that the people of Flint cannot sell their houses, because selling a house with leaded water is illegal. Additionally, households with children can’t stop paying for the water because living in a house without running water is cause for CPS to take their kids. Flint has been living this way for over two years. 

The people of Flint are trapped by the legal system. And it is only the most high profile case out many cities with a similar problem. 

Because the government has abandoned them, they are dependant on help from the outside. Donate here

https://www.instagram.com/p/COEluXKHRXo/?igshid=18sqz34fzhshs

Little Miss Flint Clean Water Fund, organized by LuLu Brezzell

My name is Mari Copeny, I’m a 12 year old from Flint, Michigan. You may know me as Li… LuLu Brezzell needs your support for Little Miss Flin

gofundme.com

Mari Copeny has taken the initiative to create a water filter. I’ve linked her GoFundMe that’s she using to raise money for it. She’s been able to raise $50k in donations but her next goal is $1 million

Water is a basic human right, it says a lot about governments that fail to provide that. Especially for a so called ‘first world country’

This is as of 4/26/21.

@one-time-i-dreamt signal boost?

Water is a basic human right, water is a basic human right, water is a basic human right

candyhatestumbler:

thepersephonecabin:

24kmagiic:

orange-obsessions:

jordansoawesome:

swallowthatshit:

jordansoawesome:

swallowthatshit:

jordansoawesome:

swallowthatshit:

Flint got clean water and nobody knows &/or cares

YOU DEADASS????

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/24/lead-levels-for-water-in-flint-michigan-have-fallen-below-federal-limit.html

Yoooooooo. This is lit. Like, actually really lit. Thank you for sharing this news.

If I didn’t it doesn’t look like anyone was going to lol

I didn’t hear a thing about it (but again, I’m NOT up to date with really anything nowadays it seems). Again though, thank you so much for sharing this.

Wow this makes me beyond happy

The link above didn’t work for me so here’s another one. http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/04/us/flint-water-crisis-fast-facts/index.html

It’s July 7th 2017

Flint residents are still being told to use filters for water

flint’s mayor and the head of the lead pipe replacement team said as of march that it would be 2 years before they could safely drink without filters

as of june 16th 20,000 lead pipes still need to be replaced and little miss flint says in this same article that bottled water is still their only source of clean water

Since the link you first alluded to bishop roger lee jones has said that donations of water to his church for distribution have slowed to a crawl

in this article in response to the announcement about the lead level being below fed, mandated levels one flint resident here says that her water still smells like bleach

in the same article as the one directly above, flint resident  says, “Initially when we started fighting we were fighting about the [Legionnaires] bacteria. When we found the lead, they stopped talking about the other chemicals.” In other words just because the lead levels have dropped doesn’t mean everything else that was wrong with the water is fixed.

Additionally, the legal battle over who’s in fault for all this has only just started. They still need help and donations. 

Please do not spread this information without all the facts. Flint does not have clean water.

Because I’m in Detroit and I was like “No they don’t.”

babypinkmermaid:

canisinculta:

kaijuno:

I’m just super fucking bitter that once the flint water crisis got it’s 15 minutes of fame people stopped giving a shit. The water is still poisoned, people! Donations have plummeted and people have been forced back into drinking and bathing with the water! The medical effects of this are astounding, cases of legionnaires disease have skyrocketed, people are having seizures, people are having weird rashes break out over their body, people (including me!) are having their blood poisoned, and it’s not just lead! it’s coliform bacteria! it’s THMs! it’s all in the water and it gets into the bloodstream and breaks down blood vessels, causing bruising and petechiae and internal bleeding and no one gives a shit anymore and it’s only gotten worse like how many people are going to have to die until people realize this is still a problem

I would like to add that the people of Flint cannot sell their houses, because selling a house with leaded water is illegal. Additionally, households with children can’t stop paying for the water because living in a house without running water is cause for CPS to take their kids. Flint has been living this way for over two years. 

The people of Flint are trapped by the legal system. And it is only the most high profile case out many cities with a similar problem. 

Because the government has abandoned them, they are dependant on help from the outside. Donate here

If u can’t donate, reblog so someone else can!!!