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Author Clark, Anna (Anna Leigh), author

Title The Poisoned City : Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy / Anna Clark

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LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
 Bangor Pub. Lib. Stacks  363.7384.C547p    AVAILABLE  
 Maine State Lib. Stacks  OFFSITE 363.61 C592p 2018    AVAILABLE  
 UMA-Bangor Stacks  RA591 .C53 2018    AVAILABLE  
 USM POR Stacks  RA591 .C53 2018    AVAILABLE  
Edition First edition
Phys Descr 305 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Note BPL: Norman Minsky Fund.
Text in English
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-291) and index
Contents Prologue -- Part I: Taught by thirst -- The well -- Corrosion -- Revelations -- Saturation -- Part II: Divination -- Alchemy -- Citizen/science -- Meditations in an emergency -- Blood -- Part III: Water's perfect memory -- Switchback -- Legion -- Truth and reconciliation -- Genesis -- Epilogue
Summary "Recounts the gripping story of Flint's poisoned water through the people who caused it, suffered from it, and exposed it. It is a chronicle of one town, but could also be about any American city, all made precarious by the neglect of infrastructure"-- Provided by publisher
Note USM: In honor of Dr. Alfred Padula, Professor Emeritus, Department of History
Subject Drinking water -- Contamination -- Health aspects -- Michigan -- Flint
Drinking water -- Lead content -- Michigan -- Flint
Health risk assessment -- Michigan -- Flint
Heavy metals -- Toxicity testing -- Michigan -- Flint
Flint (Mich.) -- Environmental conditions
Flint (Mich.) -- Politics and government
OCLC # 1021232410
ISBN # 9781250125149
1250125146