Don't drink the water

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Politics, Daily News, News

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Four years ago today, Flint, Michigan switched water supplies to save a few million dollars. To date, that decision has cost over $400 million. Governor Rick Snyder says Flint’s water is finally safe again, but residents remain skeptical — they’re marching today in protest. Michigan Radio’s Lindsey Smith explains what exactly happened in Flint and whether the city will ever regain the trust of its residents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.9	4 years ago today, Flint, Michigan tried to save a few million dollars.
0:44.8	The city stopped piggybacking off Detroit's water supply, the great lake Huron, and hit
0:49.4	up the Flint River.
0:52.1	So far, that switch has cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
0:58.0	There will now be an entire generation, an entire generation of children who suffer
1:04.6	from brain damage, learning disabilities, and many other horrible effects of lead poisoning
1:12.9	that were inflicted on them by Governor Siders Administration.
1:17.6	Earlier this month, the Governor of Michigan said he was going to stop providing free bottled
1:21.5	water to Flint.
1:23.0	Governor Rick Snyder announced the plan Friday, citing data which said Flint's water is testing
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