TY - GEN T1 - Tainted tap : Flint's journey from crisis to recovery A1 - Davis, Katrinell LA - English PP - Chapel Hill PB - University of North Carolina Press YR - 2021 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1245674103 AB - "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"-- OP - 266 CN - RA592.M5 D38 2021 SN - 1469662124 SN - 9781469662121 SN - 9798890854681 SN - 1469662108 SN - 9781469662107 SN - 9781469663326 KW - Drinking water : Contamination : Social aspects : Michigan : Flint. KW - Drinking water : Lead content : Michigan : Flint. KW - Public health administration : Michigan : Flint. KW - Water quality management : Michigan : Flint. KW - Flint (Mich.) : Politics and government. KW - Flint (Mich.) : Social conditions. KW - Flint (Mich.) : Economic conditions. KW - Eau potable : Contamination : Aspect social : Michigan : Flint. KW - Eau potable : Teneur en plomb : Michigan : Flint. KW - Santé publique : Administration : Michigan : Flint. KW - Eau : Qualité : Gestion : Michigan : Flint. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies KW - Drinking water : Lead content KW - Economic history KW - Politics and government KW - Public health administration KW - Social conditions KW - Water quality management KW - Michigan : Flint ER -