Flint lead crisis adds up to $395 million in social costs

Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - 04:01 in Health & Medicine

The social costs related to lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan, amount to $395 million from April 2014, when the city switched its water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River, to the present day, not counting the $58 million already spent by the state on medical care and water provisions, says a new report.

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