The following pictures were taken to show the condition of the water that officials have only recently admitted is unsafe.
Before this past month residents in Flint were told that the water was safe. Now hundreds in the population are sick from lead contamination and some have even died from Legionnaires disease, a condition which can be linked with the dirty water.
.@onetoughnerd should resign immediately. This is absolutely OUTRAGEOUS. #FlintWaterCrisis #poison pic.twitter.com/10tU0dr92e
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) January 17, 2016
Obama signs emergency order over #Flintwatercrisis https://t.co/UkULyjNZxr pic.twitter.com/i7bVVl1rGK
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 16, 2016
Good place for #FlintWaterCrisis information: @flintwaterstudy https://t.co/1ghi5QEi06 pic.twitter.com/weIYBIy4n2
— Anthony De Rosa (@AntDeRosa) January 16, 2016
#FlintWaterCrisis – 99,000 residents – 57% Black – 40% Poor – 9,000 kids with lead poisoning Flint HOSPITAL Water: pic.twitter.com/KHkrnhlUGO
— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) January 14, 2016
If you don’t know what’s going on in Flint, Michigan – read this, and get outraged. https://t.co/Cpqgu1N2xt #FlintWaterCrisis
— Leslie Tucker Miller (@L_Tucks) January 13, 2016
How did the #FlintWaterCrisis get so bad? https://t.co/eUi1K8IkFL via @guardiancities pic.twitter.com/comSaMPphC
— Greenpeace USA (@greenpeaceusa) January 20, 2016
Many have called for Michigan Governor Synder’s resignation, even bringing discolored water as proof to protest at the capital.
Volunteers and groups have donated thousands of bottles of water.
Not Reported @FoxNews: Muslims donate 30,000 bottles of water to GOP’s #FlintWaterCrisis https://t.co/y3JhdckXD0 pic.twitter.com/iSiDf1Iacp
— The Baxter Bean (@TheBaxterBean) January 19, 2016
GOP, not government, to blame for #FlintWaterCrisis https://t.co/NFkVQ6GeCi #miLEG
— Marissa Luna (@rissluna) January 13, 2016
Earlier this month a State of Emergency was declared and the National guard was called in to Flint to help with the ongoing crisis.
IT’S ABOUT TIME! @FEMA and @NationalGuard Called in to Help #FlintWaterCrisis https://t.co/gfHdmMhwqo #FlintWater pic.twitter.com/mhFyfZns12
— Daniel Beerthuis (@DanielBeerthuis) January 13, 2016
Natl. Guard assists Michigan with toxic water crisis https://t.co/8GN8L4OJmN – @sganim reports on #FlintWaterCrisis pic.twitter.com/4opBJZRwAU
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 13, 2016
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