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Fertility rates in Flint, MI before and after switch to lead-poisoned water
- kevin_b_er 9y agoWhat's interesting is a reply challenging the assertion on the basis that families or potential-families left town: https://twitter.com/MetroGram/status/910880679470215168 https://twitter.com/MetroGram/status/910880679470215168 Quoting the paper: "Because the higher lead content of the new water supply was unknown at the time, this decrease in GFR is likely a reflection of an increase in fetal death and miscarriages and not a behavior change in sexual behavior related to conception..." What's pleasant is that there wasn't a flamewar over it.
- mrguyorama 9y agoI'm being a bit hyperbolic here, but doesn't this point towards Flint administration being directly responsible for the deaths of newborns ? All in order to save a few dollars. I would say this is horrifying, but realistically, how often do we management managing something they have near-zero understanding of?