Flint’s population, poisoned with lead in water seven years ago, is once again being victimized by “voluntarily” subjecting themselves including children and pregnant women to a radiation-emitting bone scan.
First, it was lead, now Flint residents may be facing new health concerns about how they were tested for it.
First, it was lead, now Flint residents may be facing new health concerns about how they were tested for it.
âKinda worried it harmed my child,â said Amber Stebbins, who is 28 weeks pregnant.
Stebbins already had to live through the Flint water crisis, but now she has another health concern relating to the Flint water settlement, which involves testing some plaintiffs are being advised to get.
âWe were already harmed, so itâs like why would you keep adding to the mess,â Stebbins said.
Woman worried how bone scan for possible lead will affect her
“Kinda worried it harmed my child,” said Amber Stebbins, who is 28 weeks pregnant.
Stebbins already had to live through the Flint water crisis, but now she has another health concern relating to the Flint water settlement, which involves testing some plaintiffs are being advised to get.
“We were already harmed, so it’s like why would you keep adding to the mess,” Stebbins said.
On Sunday, she said she had a lead test done on her bones to prove she was entitled to be part of the $641 million Flint water settlement.
Lead poisoned Flint, Michigan residents, health care professionals raise concerns about bone scan required for compensation
Health care professionals, including Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, are raising serious concerns that victims of the Flint, Michigan water crisis may be exposed to harmful radiation from bone scans required to qualify for compensation from the $641.25 million water settlement.
Residents must prove their bodies were damaged by lead-in-water poisoning by submitting themselves to x-rays. However, the portable devices being used on residents to detect lead have not been approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use on humans.
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The state’s settlement provides home and business owners a maximum of only $1,000 per household. To qualify for higher compensation, residents must prove lead exposure by having their bones scanned. Lead dissipates in the blood in a matter of days, but it remains in the bones for years.