Well of Woe: Undocumented Immigrants and Poisoned Water in Flint

Gravity FM

The Contamination of Flint's Water, the Plight of Undocumented Immigrants and Emergency Financial Managers in Michigan.

Discussion with San Juana "Juani" Olivares on the water supply in Flint, Michigan, which had its water contaminated by lead, bacteria and carcinogenic disinfection byproducts with a focus on the particular effects on the non-English speaking Hispanic-Latino community and undocumented immigrants, who were and still are the worst affected. Juani is the first President of the Genesee County Hispanic Latino Collaborative which serves the immigrant Hispanic-Latino communities of Flint and surrounding Genesee County. She is also the President of the Hispanic Technology and Community Center of Greater Flint, a committee member for Small Neighborhood Grants at the Community Foundation of Greater Flint and a board member of Michigan Alianza Latina para Mejoramiento y Avance (MiALMA). POST SCRIPT: While this interview concerns Flint, Michigan, many municipalities in the United States expose the population to harmful concentrations of lead through contaminated drinking water, paint and soil and require major infrustructure improvements to alleviate this crisis.

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