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The Flint Water Crisis - Coggle Diagram
The Flint Water Crisis
References
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Ruckart, P. Z., Ettinger, A. S., Hanna-Attisha, M., Jones, N., Davis, S. I., & Breysse, P. N. (2019). The Flint water crisis: A coordinated public health emergency response and recovery initiative. Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP, 25 Suppl 1, Lead Poisoning Prevention(Suppl 1 LEAD POISONING PREVENTION), S84–S90. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000000871
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Breakdown in Oversight
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Common indexes that determine need for treatment, such as pH level, alkalinity changes, and introduction of new acidic materials were ignored.
Epidemiology
Due to lack of pipe corrosion processes, Flint River water is found to have high concentrations of lead and disinfectant byproduct, trihalomethanes.
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Lack of epidemiological oversight as lead exposure levels collected by clinicians were publicly denied by health authority and government leaders.