Flint, Michigan, lead poisoning scandal

Oh yes he is a good guy, fighting the fight against pseudo science and anti-science. What a tale of incompetence and denial.
There may be lead pipes leading to some UK houses but because of the careful management of what comes from water works, and regular random testing we can relax and drink the water knowing it is safe.

"It’s a horrific tale of how science was basically ignored because of politics, and legitimate scientific concerns about a policy that changed the water source for an entire city were downplayed, derided, and even denied by state officials at every level of government." writes David Gorski who lives in Michigan. He recounts the bumbling and cover-ups that led to the poisoning, and the incredibly high levels of lead in the water on an article on the site Science-based Medicine.org under Flint water crisis

Yes it's a fascinating subject. Don't recall any outbreaks of waterborne illness in UK for a while though.

IIRC ?

This is a fascinating read for anyone who's interested. It's the history of waterborne disease, all the way from John Snow and the Broad Street pump right up to the modern day. It's tempting to think that waterborne disease is a thing of the past, or of the third world, but it's not so. IIRC one of the biggest disasters of all was a modern one in the USA.

This story has taken an awfully long time to get to the UK. I was hearing about this on a Facebook site weeks ago. I have never heard anything about it on the UK news.

usuncut.com/news/house-republicans-call-everyone-except-rick-snyder-for-flint-congressional-hearing-on-lead-poisoning-crisis/