Meet the Flint woman who blew the whistle on the city's water crisis

December 27, 2015

After LeeAnne Walters' son was poisoned from high levels of lead in the water, she helped test water purity levels

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Meet the Flint woman who blew the whistle on the city's water crisis

In December, LeeAnne Walters spoke to America Tonight about the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Officials found excessively high levels of lead running from her faucet, and her son was poisoned. Since then, the mother-turned activist has moved to Virginia, but regularly travels back to Flint to conduct water testing and to advocate for her friends and neighbors who still live there. Most recently, she has been testing chlorine levels in the water, under the guidance of water experts from Virginia Tech. In this America Tonight excerpt, Lori Jane Gliha talks to Walters about life during the Flint water crisis.


 

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