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Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)

9th Edition

ISBN:9780134746241

Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa

Publisher:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa

Chapter1: The Study Of Minerals

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In 2014, Flint, Michigan city leaders switched the city’s drinking water over to the Flint River. Almost immediately, Flint residents began telling their elected officials that there was something wrong with the water, which smelled terrible, tasted like metal and seemed to give them skin rashes. They confronted elected officials outside City Hall, hoisting bottles full of rust-colored water from their taps, only to be told, again and again, that the water was fine. The issue was that City officials had failed to add needed corrosion controls to the river water. Lead from the city’s old pipes leached into the water, causing alarmingly high lead levels in the blood of many residents. The outcry that followed forced a change in the city’s leadership, policy change, and criminal charges against state and local officials and a year-long effort to replace Flint’s dangerous lead pipes. Watch the videos on the Flint Water Crisis and answer the questions below. Here’s how Flint’s water crisis happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTpsMyNezPQ Exposing the Flint water crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd2qxi2mF_4 The legacy of the Flint water crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYiVHh4U4pE After reviewing the videos, what is your opinion regarding the public health impact of this public health issue? Please support your opinion with meaningful evidence/research. 1. Were there any “special interest” groups that were key in forcing the issue of changing the water source over to the Flint River? What about bringing the issue to light? 2. If you remember our earlier discussion about John Kingdon (1995), he describes agenda setting in public policymaking as a function of the confluence of three streams of activity: problem, possible solution to the problem(s), and political circumstances. Explain this model in relationship to the Flint Water Crisis. 3. List three groups or individual stakeholders who were impacted by the Flint Water Crisis. For each stakeholder, articulate the effects of the issue. 4. How did community leaders and residents combat this battle against the city leaders? 6. What were the long lasting economic, political, and social ramifications that still to this day affect the stakeholders in Flint?

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