By Dr. Mercola
By Dr. Mercola
The Flint water crisis began 2 years ago, in April 2014, when the state of Michigan took over city management and decided to switch Flint’s water supply from treated Detroit Water and Sewerage Department water to water from the Flint River — a notoriously polluted waterway.
As noted by long-time Flint resident Rhonda Kelso:1 “We thought it was a joke. People my age and older thought ‘They’re not going to do that.'” But, it wasn’t a joke.
This cost-cutting strategy was implemented to save $5 million — a temporary measure while a new pipeline was being …read more
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