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shelter. Due to the infrastructure of our modern civilizations, if any of these factors are compromised, many lives will be affected. As of recently, Flint Michigan has been devastated due to an alteration in its source of public water. Initially, the city’s water came from Lake Huron. Budget restraints then changed the city’s source of water to the Flint River. If precautions were taken, this change would have not caused any threat to society. However, the change was careless and many lives…

events that can be a serious issue if not taken care of. People will die and our environment will collapse. These issues must come to a conclusion. Something local has been going on that is not ok. The Flint Water Crisis is something that is ruining lives and the city. This can’t be ignored. In Flint Michigan, lead has gotten into every pipe and is getting into people’s drinking water. Lead is a poison that, when consumed, can be very fatal and life threatening. Officials ran tests and…

Linda describes in detail the psychological abuse she suffered at the hands of Mr.Flint, her owner. This incident stood out to me because of its nature, relevance and the way people involved handled it. The nature of this event is inherently repulsive. A young girl was sexually harassed by an older male in a position of power. If this sounds familiar, it's because, although not in slavery, it is still a common occurrence today. Previous to reading this book, when i heard about relationships…

Introduction The purpose of this paper is to help compare and contrast the recent Flint, Michigan water crisis to similar incidents around the world using a sociological viewpoint then analyzing the gathered information to help determine how the crisis in Flint should have been handled. Flint The town of Flint resides in the state of Michigan and has been the attention of national news due to the high lead levels that were present in the city’s municipal water system. This is all started…

Flint Water: An Environmental Injustice Case Christina Lay DeVry University There have been several cases of environmental injustice over the years. One case that was extraordinary was the Flint water case. The Flint water case received national attention in 2014 when a sample of the water was broadcast on national television that Flint’s drinking water was brown and contaminated. Many people were outraged that the city officials ignored the issue of the water for years and the deaths…

with. The Flint Water Crisis is an excellent example of a lack of managerial communication during a time of crisis and how that lack of communication made matters worse. The situation in Flint can be looked at as what not to do during a crisis. This report will cover what happened in the city of Flint, what a crisis is, what crisis communication is, and why learning about such information is relevant to the business world. What Happened in Flint? Just over two years ago, the city of Flint,…

From: Xueyao Li To: State Department of Environmental Quality 1. Background Description Flint is a city located inside Michigan State. In the past few decades, it was fueled by automobile industry. However, due to the depression in auto industry, companies such as General Motors had close their door of plants, which led to a high rate of unemployment and crime rate as well. Later on, in 2011, the state took budgetary control over the whole city because it was in a financial emergency. Therefore…

Flint, Michigan is a rather small city of about 99,000 people, with a majority (56.6%) of the population being African American and about 41.6% of residents living below the poverty line. Once the home of the United States’ largest General Motors plant, Flint’s economy suffered a major blow when General Motors downsized during the 1980s. A low budget, contaminated water source, and outdated infrastructure have led to a water crisis in Flint, Michigan which is a danger to local residents in…

In December of 2015 I had the opportunity to teach environmental science, specifically the hydrologic cycle. The Flint Water Crisis became a hot topic of discussion as it was recently placed before the public eye. I was inspired by the passion my students shared with me on water conservation and distribution around the world. While there is a vast amount of water on…

rock. Since Knife River Flint is a fine-grained stone the changes predictably would be minor, compared to a coarse-gained stone that would exhibit greater change when it came to thermal altering. Ahler purposed “that fine-grained cherts respond to heat alteration at lower temperatures than do coarse-grained cherts” (Ahler 1983: 2) which Knife River Flint is a fine-grained chert, so it should respond favorably to thermal alteration. Thermally altering Knife River Flint is conducive when it…