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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Flint Michigan Water Crises, The Flint Michigan Water Crisis forced Medical Offices, corrosion of lead pipes and fittings leading to an interaction between the lead and the chlorine used to sanitize the water, The Flint Michigan Water Crisis alerts us to the potential for the same problem in other "lead pipe" cities, did not follow federal guidelines for corrosion control "phosphate pre-treatment" of the water from the Flint River leading to corrosion of lead pipes and fittings, The Flint Michigan Water Crisis has caused health problems, lead poisoning causing high blood pressure, on January 24, 2017 (CBS News) for which lead levels dropped (at least 90% percentile), The Flint Michigan Water Crisis forced Dental Offices, Dental Offices use a "closed" distilled waters system (self-sufficient / within the practice), Flint Michigan changed their water source from the Detroit Municpal (Public) water supply (using Lake Huron water) to the Flint River in April 2014 (note: the Flint River runs through Flint Michigan) in order to "save money" (ironically, we now know), elevated lead levels in the water (as high as 4000 ppb) (N=200 taps) both causing health problems to the community, The Flint Michigan Water Crisis started when Flint Michigan changed their water source from the Detroit Municpal (Public) water supply (using Lake Huron water) to the Flint River in April 2014 (note: the Flint River runs through Flint Michigan), to "save money" (ironically, we now know) and did not follow federal guidelines for corrosion control "phosphate pre-treatment" of the water from the Flint River, Dental Offices additionally provide flouride treatments (because there is no flouride in distilled water), lead poisoning causing nerve damage & brain problems (not able to be repaired), Legionnaires' Disease (12 deaths) which is a form of "atypical" pneumonia, lead poisoning causing problems with reproduction in adults: abnormal sperm; miscarriages by women, health problems to the community see above health problems, to "safe" (federal) limits (of 12 ppb, which is below the "action level" of 15 ppb) but there still exists public mistrust of government (and possibly scientists), a form of "atypical" pneumonia caused by a bacteria that lives in fresh water