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CNN: The contamination of drinking water in Flint, Michigan, has so outraged community advocates that they now pose a powerful question: Was the city neglected because it is mostly black and about 40% poor?
Several advocates say yes. They charge that Flint residents are victims of "environmental racism" -- that is, race and poverty factored into how Flint wasn't adequately protected and how its water became contaminated with lead, making the tap water undrinkable.
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Flint, Michigan: Did race and poverty factor into water crisis?
Posted by CNN: Michael Martinez on January 27th, 2016
Posted in Water Conservation