What the eyes don't see : a story of crisis, resistance, and hope in an American city / Mona Hanna-Attisha.

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The story of a significant environmental disaster and tale of a relentless physician who stood up to power. Shortly after the city of Flint shifted the source of its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint Fiver, citizens began complaining about the water but officials rebuffed them. Dr. Mona Hann...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanna-Attisha, Mona (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : One World, 2019.
Edition:One World trade paperback edition.
Subjects:
Hanna-Attisha, Mona.
Lead poisoning > Michigan > Flint.
Drinking water > Lead content > Michigan > Flint.
Water quality management > Michigan > Flint.
Physicians > Michigan > Flint > Biography.
Whistle blowing > Michigan > Flint.
Drinking water > Lead content.
Ecology.
Lead poisoning.
Physicians.
Water quality management.
Whistle blowing.
Lead Poisoning.
Flint (Mich.) > Environmental conditions.
Michigan > Flint.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Local Note:
MSU: Great Michigan Read 2020.
Physical Description:x, 364 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Variant Title:
What the eyes do not see
Format: Book
Contents:
  • How I got my name
  • What the eyes don't see
  • The barbecue
  • The valedictorian
  • Haji
  • Red flags
  • First encounter
  • Miasma
  • No response
  • Sit down
  • Jenny + the data
  • Public health enemy #1
  • What field are you on?
  • The man in the panda tie
  • Environmental injustice
  • Poisoned by policy
  • Shortwave radio crackling
  • Meeting the Mayor
  • Aeb
  • The press conference
  • Splice and dice
  • Numbers war
  • Demonstration of proof
  • All the things we found out later
  • Fire ant
  • Truth and reconciliation
  • Prescription for hope
  • Haji and the birds.