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NOVA 44x17 - Poisoned Water

    

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In this special report, NOVA investigates what happened inFlint, Michigan, when local officials changed the city'swater source to save money, but overlooked a criticaltreatment process. As the water pipes corroded, lead leachedinto the system, exposing the community-including thousands ofchildren-to dangerous levels of poison. NOVA uncovers thescience behind this manmade disaster- from the intricacies ofwater chemistry to the biology of lead poisoning to the misuseof science itself. Follows ordinary citizens and independentscientists who exposed the danger lurking in Flint's water andconfronted those who turned a blind eye. And discover thedisturbing truth that reaches far beyond Flint-water systemsacross the country are similarly vulnerable. How can we protectourselves from poisoned water?
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