Guest Blog By: Allen C. Overton and Melissa Mays The word Flint has become synonymous with contaminated drinking water, poor governmental response, and community activism that ignited a national conversation about the safety of our tap water. Our hometown put a spotlight on America’s poor water infrastructure and the country’s severe problem with lead, a potent neurotoxin that is especially harmful to the developing brains of infants and children. And because of us, no one will look away again.
