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03364aam a2200505 i 4500 001 72FD64A472D911EDA0B05B7C49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221203010154 008 201207s2021 ncuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020051254 020 $a 1469663325 020 $a 9781469663326 020 $a 1469662108 020 $a 9781469662107 035 $a (OCoLC)1196242155 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d ZLM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-mi 050 00 $a RA592.M5 $b D38 2021 082 00 $a 363.6/10977437 $2 23 100 1 $a Davis, Katrinell, $e author. 245 10 $a Tainted tap : $b Flint's journey from crisis to recovery / $c Katrinell M. Davis. 264 1 $a Chapel Hill : $b The University of North Carolina Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xiii, 266 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Flint during the model cities era: the challenges to community advocacy -- The ecology of dreams deferred: neoliberalism, wrecker of environments, comes to Flint -- Turning a cold shoulder: the government's response to citizen complaints about Flint's water -- A tale of two Flints: conflicts among residents concerning the city's water -- Lights, cameras, interventions: the Flint crisis in the national spotlight -- The blame game: a legal circus and public finger pointing -- Crisis as a daily grind: digging up water pipes whether or not they need to be -- Conclusion. "Flint ain't fixed." 520 $a "After a cascade of failures left residents of Flint, Michigan, without a reliable and affordable supply of safe drinking water, citizens spent years demanding action from their city and state officials. Complaints from the city's predominantly African American residents were ignored until independent researchers confirmed dangerously elevated blood lead levels among Flint children and in the city's tap water. Despite a 2017 federal court ruling in favor of Flint residents who had demanded mitigation, such efforts have been incomplete at best. Assessing the challenges that community groups faced in their attempts to advocate for improved living conditions, 'Tainted Tap' offers a rich analysis of conditions and constraints that created the Flint water crisis"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Drinking water $x Social aspects $x Social aspects $z Flint. $z Flint. 650 0 $a Drinking water $x Lead content $z Flint. $z Flint. 650 0 $a Public health administration $z Flint. $z Flint. 650 0 $a Water quality management $z Flint. $z Flint. 651 0 $a Flint (Mich.) $x Politics and government. 651 0 $a Flint (Mich.) $x Social conditions. 651 0 $a Flint (Mich.) $x Economic conditions. 650 7 $a Drinking water $x Lead content. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00898280 650 7 $a Economic history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901974 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Public health administration. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01082334 650 7 $a Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919811 650 7 $a Water quality management. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01171900 651 7 $a Michigan $z Flint. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01223011 941 $a 1 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214024202.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=72FD64A472D911EDA0B05B7C49ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b IOWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search