Tell Michigan to Keep Lead Out of Drinking Water!

Medical tests confirmed troublesome levels of lead in children who drank poor quality water in Flint, Michigan.

Last spring, residents reported changes in water color, a chemical smell, and illness, but Flint's officials claimed the water was safe. Since then, research from the Pediatric Residency Program at Hurley Medical Center found elevated lead blood levels in 4 percent of the 1700 children tested -- a 2 percent increase since last year.

According to Virginia Tecg Civil and Environmental Engineering professor Marc Edwards, “This [problem with lead] is occurring because the water is too corrosive. It has too much salt in it, and there was no plan to control the corrosion when the city began using the river in April 2014. Flint is the only city in American that I’m aware of that does not have a corrosion-control plan in place to stop this kind of problem.”

Long-term lead exposure can lead to blood anemia, colic, kidney damage, muscle weakness, brain damage, and death. Please sign the petition to urge Michigan's legislators to create a corrosion control plan to prevent exposure to lead!

As you may know, medical tests confirmed troublesome levels of lead in children who drank poor quality water in Flint, Michigan.

Last spring, residents reported changes in water color, a chemical smell, and illness, but Flint's officials claimed the water was safe. Since then, research from the Pediatric Residency Program at Hurley Medical Center found elevated lead blood levels in 4 percent of the 1700 children tested -- a 2 percent increase since last year.

According to Virginia Tecg Civil and Environmental Engineering professor Marc Edwards, “This [problem with lead] is occurring because the water is too corrosive. It has too much salt in it, and there was no plan to control the corrosion when the city began using the river in April 2014. Flint is the only city in American that I’m aware of that does not have a corrosion-control plan in place to stop this kind of problem.”

Long-term lead exposure can lead to blood anemia, colic, kidney damage, muscle weakness, brain damage, and death. We respectfully urge you to create a corrosion control plan to prevent exposure to lead. Thank you for taking the time to read and consider our petition.

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