Flint, Michigan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Water state of emergency==== {{Main|Flint water crisis}} [[File:President Obama sips filtered water from Flint.jpg|thumb|President [[Barack Obama]] sips filtered Flint water following a roundtable on the [[Flint water crisis]], 2016]] In April 2014, during a financial crisis, state-appointed emergency manager Darnell Earley changed Flint's water source from the [[Detroit Water and Sewerage Department]] (sourced from [[Lake Huron]]) to the Flint River.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Leonard N. |title=Darnell Earley: The man in power during Flint switch |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/03/14/darnell-earley-flint-water-crisis/81788654/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=The Detroit News |language=en-US}}</ref> The problem was compounded with the fact that anticorrosive measures were not implemented. After two independent studies, [[lead poisoning]] caused by the water was found in the area's population.<ref>{{cite web|title=Engineering's Marc Edwards heads to Flint as part of study into unprecedented corrosion problem|url=http://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2015/09/091415-engineering-edwardsflint.html|publisher=Virginia Tech|access-date=December 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = State of emergency declared in Flint, Michigan over poisoned water supply |work= World Socialist Web Site|date= December 16, 2015|url = https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/12/16/flin-d16.html|access-date = December 30, 2015}}</ref> This has led to several lawsuits, the resignation of several officials, fifteen criminal indictments, and a federal public health state of emergency for all of Genesee County.<ref name=waterwashpost>{{Cite news|title = In Flint, Mich., there's so much lead in children's blood that a state of emergency is declared|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/12/15/toxic-water-soaring-lead-levels-in-childrens-blood-create-state-of-emergency-in-flint-mich/|newspaper = The Washington Post|date=December 15, 2015 |access-date =December 15, 2015|issn = 0190-8286|language = en-US|first = Yanan|last = Wang}}</ref><ref name="Bethencourt">Daniel Bethencourt, [http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/11/13/after-flint-water-crisis-families-file-lawsuit/75744376/ After Flint water crisis, families file lawsuit], ''Detroit Free Press'' (November 13, 2015).</ref><ref>[http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2015/12/deq_director_dan_wyant_resigns.html Director Dan Wyant resigns after task force blasts MDEQ over Flint water crisis] ''The Flint Journal'' via MLive.com, December 29, 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2016/12/former_state_emergency_manager.html Two former Flint emergency managers charged with water crisis crimes] ''The Flint Journal'' via MLive.com, December 20, 2016</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page