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.