The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy

by Anna Clark

Book Overview

When the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring out was poisoned with lead and other toxins.

Through a series of disastrous decisions, the state government had switched the city's water supply to a source that corroded Flint's aging lead pipes. Complaints about the foul-smelling water were dismissed: the residents of Flint, mostly poor and African American, were not seen as credible, even...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250125146
• ISBN13: 9781250125149
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.6"