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Blakey

February 21, 2017

 In 2014 large amounts of lead made its way into the Flint Michigan water system. The

people of Flint not only bathed in the water; they cooked and drank the water. Nearly 9,000 kids

have contracted lead poisoning (Dingle 1). Lead poisoning can lead to permanently damaging

the brain. Not only does it cause mental problem but it can also cause physical problems as well.

It not only concerns Flint it concerns the whole US. What makes you think that it wouldn't

happen here in Cincinnati. Are any of us really safe. The biggest solution is to get new pipes that

can cost up to 55 million dollars (Dingle). I would rather pay to get new pipes for Flint then pay

for a wall. I strongly believe that the lead crisis is more important because instead of worrying

about things that are going on in other countries we need to focus on whats happening here in

our home country. Just like a couple of weeks ago, thousands of people rallied for the womens

march. Just like for the women we should do the same for the little city of Flint Michigan who

still to this day dont have clean drinking water. The government has done little to nothing to

clean flint's water. The main reason this topic is so important is because, if one city has bad water

that has not been changed then what if it happens to the rest of the US. How are we going to

survive as a nation with clean water if we cant help a small city?

The purpose the article The flint water crisis: whats really going on? was to address

the Flint water crisis from the chemistry point of view. Adrian Dingle has been teaching

chemistry (and chemistry alone), since 1990. Andrian Dingle, in the article, " The Flint water

crisis: What's really going on?", Dingle writes, "In the spring of 2014, large amounts of lead

found their way into the water that some residents of Flint, Mich., were using to drink, cook, and

brush their teeth. " (Dingle 1).

 I am using this next source is because NBC news is one of the top news broadcast. I

know its a good source because it has a lot of dates (that are correct) and real quotes from the

people of flint. Safia Samee writes in the article, " Flint residents leery data showing decreased

lead levels in water". She writes, "Four officials were charged last month in connection with

water crisis. Two former Michigan state emergency managers, Darnell Earley and Gerald

Ambrose, face multiple felony charges for failing to protect Flint citizens from health hazards

caused by the contaminated drinking water. " .

My final article is Meet the mom who helped expose Flints toxic water nightmare

written by Julia Lurie. In the article, she writes written by Julia Lurie. In the article, she wrote, The results from

both investigations came back last September. Edwards' tests suggested that one in six Flint

homes had lead water levels exceeding the EPA's safety threshold.. Julia Lurie is a reporter

at Mother Jones in San Francisco whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, the Washington

Post, and the Huffington Post.

A solution that many cities already use is creating a protective layer of phosphate ions on

the inside of the pipe (Dingle 1). By doing this the water comes into little to no contact at all to

lead pipe which cause less lead to come in the water system. Before Flint started getting their

water from the Flint river their water source was from Detroits water system that they just

recently went back to. Even though they changed it back still lead is in the water system that is

too dangerous to drink.

References

Dingle, Adrian (December 2016). The Flint water crisis: What's really going on?

Retrieved from https://www.acs.org/

Safia Samee Ali (January 25,2017). Flint residents leery data showing decreased lead

levels in water. Retrieved from http://www.nbcnews.com

Julia Lurie (January 21, 2016). Meet the mom who helped expose Flints Toxic water

nightmare. Retrieved from http://www.motherjones.com