Flint, Michigan/Environmental problem.
1. What kind of environmental damage are you investigating?
2. When and how did the problem first start?
3. Where is the problem located: are its effects concentrated in certain geographic areas of its city?
4. Describe the demographic characteristics of the population which was most affected.
5. Why were/are city citizens worried about the effects of the problem?
6. Why were/are public health officials and city professionals concerned about this particular environment-related problem? What did they do about it? Are they still working on the problem?
7. Has the same problem reoccurred at any point since the problem was first “fixed”?
I put 7 sources just in case, if all 7 are not needed feel free not to use them.
8. Describe the role of the EPA and any activist local environmental groups in and around the city you chose to profile which weighed in on the issue.
9. Is this problem still a public health threat for the city? Why or why not?
10. Do you think the city you picked learned anything from this experience?
