Type: Public event
Host: Ford School, Education Policy Initiative
Series: Policy Talks @ the Ford School, EPI Speaker Series, Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling Health Policy Fund

Lead in the water: What are the educational impacts on Flint students?

Featuring Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha

Speaker

Mona Hanna-Attisha, Sam Trejo, Kevelin Jones

Date & time

Nov 30, 2022, 4:30-6:00 pm EST

Location

Weill Hall, Betty Ford Auditorium (room 1110)
735 S. State St., Ann Arbor
Lead in the water: What are the educational impacts on Flint students?

In early 2016, the Flint Water Crisis captured national attention - major news outlets reported that the city’s tap water had been contaminated with lead since April of 2014. Given the well-documented detrimental effects of lead exposure in early childhood on cognitive development, many worried that the academic progress of Flint's youngest residents may have been impacted.

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