Here’s How Clinton’s Campaign Helped Turn Flint’s Lead Problem Into An Actual Crisis | The Daily Caller

Here’s How Clinton’s Campaign Helped Turn Flint’s Lead Problem Into An Actual Crisis | The Daily Caller

• Toxicology experts worry media coverage of Flint’s water problems painted an inaccurate portrait of the issue
• Hillary Clinton’s decision to use Flint as a campaign talking point might have contributed to the over-the-top coverage 
• Data shows Flint’s lead levels were not dangerously high relative to other communities 

"Reports painting Flint’s lead problems as a crisis skyrocketed after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used the town as a primary campaign talking point during her run for president, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis.

...Toxicology experts worry the reporting blew the problem out of proportion, especially as data showed Flint’s lead levels were not exceptionally high...

“Every single American should be outraged,” Clinton said.
Reports on the lead in the town’s water exploded following Clinton’s debate.

...“The numbers in Flint didn’t compute. They were being horribly exaggerated,” Hernán Gómez, an associate professor at the University of Michigan, and medical toxicologist at Hurley Medical Center, told TheDCNF. 
Blood lead levels (BLL) are no higher in Flint than in other cities across Michigan, said Gómez, who describes himself as a political moderate without an ideological ax to grind.

“We have no evidence that permanent brain damage has occurred,” making it unfair and inaccurate “to paint the Flint situation” in a way that suggests lead is poisoning children, he added..." 
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