Flint's Deadly Water
Five years after the start of Flint’s water crisis, FRONTLINE exposes its hidden toll. Our two-year investigation traces how a public health disaster that’s become known for the lead poisoning of thousands of children also spawned one of the largest outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease in U.S. history.
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"Flint's Deadly Water" - Preview
S2019 E12 - 31s
A two-year FRONTLINE investigation uncovers the roots and extent of a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak during the Flint water crisis — and how officials failed to stop it.
Before Flint's Water Crisis, One Man Tried To Sound An Alarm
S2019 E12 - 1m 49s
Before Michigan switched Flint’s water supply in April 2014, a man who worked at the water treatment plant tried to sound the alarm. His sister reveals he said, “It’s not safe. We’re not ready... People are gonna die.”
"They'll Have to Die of Something"
S2019 E12 - 2m 5s
Following a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that coincided with the Flint water crisis, a team of scientists urged the state's top health official, Nick Lyon, to step up surveillance for the disease or else more people could die. In FRONTLINE’s documentary “Flint’s Deadly Water,” they say his response was, “They’ll have to die of something.”
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