"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." "When the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring out was poisoned with lead and other toxins. Through a series of disastrous decisions, the state government...

Flint: The Poisoning of an American City explores how more than 100,000 people in the United States have been poisoned by their own state. Interspersing interviews with residents and experts in lead and water with testimony at congressional hearings, Flint serves as a warning sign for the nation.