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Tainted tap : Flint's journey from crisis to recovery /

"After a cascade of failures left residents of Flint, Michigan, without a reliable and affordable supply of safe drinking water, citizens spent years demanding action from their city and state officials. Complaints from the city's predominantly African American residents were ignored until...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Katrinell (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"After a cascade of failures left residents of Flint, Michigan, without a reliable and affordable supply of safe drinking water, citizens spent years demanding action from their city and state officials. Complaints from the city's predominantly African American residents were ignored until independent researchers confirmed dangerously elevated blood lead levels among Flint children and in the city's tap water. Despite a 2017 federal court ruling in favor of Flint residents who had demanded mitigation, such efforts have been incomplete at best. Assessing the challenges that community groups faced in their attempts to advocate for improved living conditions, 'Tainted Tap' offers a rich analysis of conditions and constraints that created the Flint water crisis"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1469662124
9781469662121