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How victims of the Flint water crisis helped protect abortion rights in Michigan | Opinion
By: Melissa Mays This op-ed originally appeared in The Detroit Free Press on 05/16/24 Ten years ago, the life of every Flint resident took a perilous turn when the city, under the control of a state-appointed emergency manager, began using the Flint River as its municipal water source.
How victims of the Flint water crisis helped protect abortion rights in Michigan | Opinion
Ten years ago, the life of every Flint resident took a perilous turn when the city, under the control of a state-appointed emergency manager, began using the Flint River as its municipal water source. Along with all the well-documented suffering, hardship and trauma we’ve experienced because of that fateful decision, there have been positive ripple effects we could never have foreseen flowing from our long and relentless fight for safe, affordable water.
Opinion | Flint vowed to replace lead pipes by 2020. We’re still waiting
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.
Six Years After Our Flint Settlement, We Still Seek Justice
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.
Six Years After Our Flint Settlement, We Still Seek Justice
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.
Too Many U.S. Water Systems Are Falling Apart—Here's the Solution
Too Many U.S. Water Systems Are Falling Apart—Here's the Solution Over the past four decades, federal funding for local water utilities has declined more than 80 percent per capita. A new bill aims to change that. We’ve come a long way since 1977. We can access full libraries of information at the click of a button; ride in cars that don’t require drivers and use pocket-sized devices to send electronic mail, listen to music and have groceries delivered right to our front doors.
Melissa Dawn Mays - Emporia Gazette: Obituaries
As a young lady Melissa worked as a customer service representative at Birch Telecom in Emporia and was later a homemaker. She married David Fuzzell and they were later divorced. Melissa married Jon Mays on October 7, 2011.
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