Type: Public event

Lead in the water: What are the educational impacts on Flint students?

Featuring Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha

Speaker

Mona Hanna-Attisha, Sam Trejo, Kevelin Jones

Date & time

Nov 30, 2022, 4:30-6:00 pm EST

Location

Weill Hall, Betty Ford Auditorium (room 1110)
735 S. State St., Ann Arbor

In early 2016, the Flint Water Crisis captured national attention - major news outlets reported that the city’s tap water had been contaminated with lead since April of 2014. Given the well-documented detrimental effects of lead exposure in early childhood on cognitive development, many worried that the academic progress of Flint's youngest residents may have been impacted. Over the past few years, important data has become available, allowing researchers to rigorously study and measure effects of the lead water crisis on children in Flint. 

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