Come join us! Flint Township was first organized on March 2, One year prior, the first settlers, Elijah Carman and his family, erected the first log cabin. Deacon Carman, as he was known by those who settled the township, held religious gatherings in his home and was a true pioneer, relying on hunting for food, tanning hides for clothing, and clearing dense forests for farming.
He died in at the age of His son, Reuben, later built the land into good farmland which he later named Carmandale. The Carman family was closely followed by the Jesse Torrey family. In October of , they settled on acres and cleared the area to farm. This founded the Torrey settlement.
In , Michigan Territory became a state. The Fentonville Plank Toll Road was built in with a toll of one cent per mile. This road is now Fenton Road. The slow pace of progress drew the group of residents working with NRDC back to court to demand that Flint comply with its obligations to identify and replace lead pipes and supply filters to residents after each pipe replacement.
Over the course of his investigation, 15 people have been charged as criminally responsible for causing or contributing to the crisis. Meanwhile, Governor Snyder has not been charged with any crime. Easy to melt and malleable, lead is a heavy metal that has been used by people for millennia. The Romans added it to makeup, cookware, and paint and even consumed it as a sweet seasoning and preservative in wine.
They used lead in the pipes for their famous baths as well as their aqueducts. Not surprisingly, the word plumbing is a derivative of plumbum , the Latin word for lead. Yet then as now, lead exposure was linked to serious health impacts—even madness and death. Modern science shows that even low levels of lead can impair the brain development of fetuses, infants, and young children.
The damage can reverberate for a lifetime, reducing IQ and physical growth and contributing to anemia, hearing impairment, cardiovascular disease, and behavioral problems. Large doses of lead exposure in adults has been linked to high blood pressure, heart and kidney disease, and reduced fertility. Pure lead pipes, solder, and fittings were banned from U.
Far more than pipes were corroded during the Flint water crisis. Fortunately, a majority of Americans have access to safe water, a luxury most of us probably enjoy with little thought. A recent NRDC analysis found thousands of community water systems have violated federal drinking water laws, including the Lead and Copper Rule, which provides safeguards against lead.
To protect our water supplies, it is crucial that we upgrade our nationwide water infrastructure, prioritizing the replacement of an estimated 6.
Strengthening existing government protections, including the Lead and Copper Rule, is also critical. Michigan is now leading the way , strengthening the state Lead and Copper Rule to require that all lead service lines be replaced within 20 years, among other provisions.
Though not without flaws, the rule now gives the state the strongest lead drinking water protections in the country. If contaminants have reached dangerous levels, the water supplier is required to send customers public notification. You can go one step farther by having your water tested, either by your water supplier which may provide this service for free or by a certified lab. If you discover your water is contaminated, one option is to use NSF-certified water filters that are designed to eliminate specific contaminants.
It is most important, though, that you notify your water utility. What happened to the people of Flint should never have happened. Denials and delays from city officials have failed to keep residents safe from high levels of lead in their drinking water.
These community organizers are busy picking up the slack. The state now requires its public schools to test their drinking water for lead.
Residents of cities like Pittsburgh and Newark continue to face high levels of this toxic metal in their drinking water supplies. The residents of Flint, Michigan, will finally get their lead pipes replaced and have access to safe drinking water. Here's what you need to know. For years the state has ignored its foamy rivers and water supplies contaminated with chemicals called PFASs. Our rivers, reservoirs, lakes, and seas are drowning in chemicals, waste, plastic, and other pollutants.
America is facing its second lead crisis. This time around, the effects are less obvious, but no less worrying. We will keep you informed with the latest alerts and progress reports. Five-month-old Dakota Erler of Flint gets blood drawn from her heel in order to have her lead levels tested at Carriage Town Ministries in Flint Water Crisis Learn More.
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