Flint’s Toxic Water Poisoned Mental Health, Too
A decade after the water crisis emerged, residents are struggling with higher-than-average rates of post-traumatic stress disorder.
by Joseph Williams April 25, 2024
"Rarely do we connect the psychological disorder [of #PTSD] with turning on the faucet in the kitchen sink.
"Yet that’s what #FlintMichigan residents have experienced since April 25, 2014, when the city registered its first complaints that the drinking water looked, smelled, and tasted foul. Research has shown city residents suffer from extraordinarily high rates of PTSD and #depression as a result of the crisis, even though the water infrastructure is in the midst of a massive, system-wide upgrade.
"They still don’t know if it’s safe to drink the water. "
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