state managers ordered the city of flint to start drinking from the flint river, they didn t take the necessary steps to prevent the river water from corroding the pipes in the city. that s how flint got poisoned, toxic lead ended up in the bodies of the people in flint. there was also another problem with the water in flint. the same conditions that sent lead gushing into the town s drinking sunglasses sippy cups and baby bottles, those same conditions releases perfect for growing the bacteria behind a deadly form of pneumonia. it s a water-born disease known as legionnaires . in january 2016, governor rick snider revealed that flint had experienced a spike in cases of legionnaires while fingerprint was drinking from a that corrosive river water. the state settled on 12 as the official death toll. that s been the official count ever since, likely connected to the change in flint water, 12
congresswoman scanlon a moment ago, our little cable tv show turned 11 years old yesterday. thank you to everybody for the nice notes. we have been around long enough to have a shorthand for lots of things on the staff. for instance, we call this next video clip the beer water clip. it is the instantly recognizable symbol of the lead poisoning of flint, michigan. the reason the color is of light beer as it comes out of the tap is because the pipes the water traveled through are corroded. bits of the pipes are inside the water, changing the color and making it toxic to drink. when michigan s republican governor rick snyder took away flint s local democracy and his state managers ordered the city of flint to start drinking from the local flint river, they didn t take the necessary steps to prevent the river water from corroding the pipes in the city. that s how flint got poisoned, toxic lead from the chewed up pipes traveled through the local
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and in flint we see that we spoke to doctors who didn t know that there was an outbreak until january of 2016, over a year and a half after the outbreak began when the governor announces it at this press conference. remarkable. abby ellis, director of the new frontline documentary flint s deadly water which you can watch everywhere tomorrow when it airs on pbs. thank you so much for doing this work and thanks for helping us understand it. remarkable reporting. thanks for having me. we ll be right back. stay with us. e right back stay with us teacher: let s turn in your science papers. tech vo: this teacher always puts her students first. student: i did mine on volcanoes. teacher: you did?! oh, i can t wait to read it. tech vo: so when she had auto glass damage. she chose safelite. with safelite, she could see exactly when we d be there. teacher: you must be pascal. tech: yes ma am. tech vo: saving her time. [honk, honk] kids: bye! tech vo: .so she can save