The Truth About Flint Michigan: A Clean Water Crisis

The Flint, Michigan water crisis was a big deal—and while it was all over the news, there's a lot the media didn't share. What really happened in Flint, and why was the science being ignored? In this episode of SciShow, Hank Green shows us a look into the chemistry of what went wrong in Flint.

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Lead pipes
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Corrosion Protection
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Protocols
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Lead Poisoning
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Conclusion
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