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How ZIP codes nearly masked the lead problem in Flint

  • Written by Richard Casey Sadler, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

I write this as we approach the first anniversary of my involvement in the Flint Water Crisis, an ongoing catastrophe and basic failure of government accountability that will soon approach three years.

On Sept. 25, 2015, I received a call from my colleague – the now-renowned Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha – asking if I could run some basic spati...

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