How the Flint water crisis set students back
- Written by Marilynne R Wood, Professor, University of Toledo
When the Flint water crisis took place in 2014 and 2015, one of my graduate nursing students decided to get involved.
Having already worked with me in the Greater Toledo area to screen children at risk for lead poisoning, my student helped conduct blood lead level screenings of the children exposed to the water. Test results later showed that the...