Flint's water crisis, explained in 3 minutes

[@MrY3110w]

The guy who leaked the report should get a medal

[@TheScaper28]

you mean prison like all whistle blowers #FuckDoingTheRightThing???

[@Augready]

are you being sarcastic or serious?

[@christianlopez4016]

AugReady he's being sarcastic

[@leonponce8437]

You leave in a country where when someone leaks a document proving a public employee committed a crime, nobody goes after the criminal. Instead, they go after the "leakee", call him a national traitor and condemn him to death, forcing him to live in exile.

[@mincodercoder8932]

Snowden should get a peace prize, its not like they are a good definition.

[@LegionOfWeirdos]

So in an "emergency", you pay someone to take away basic services. Brilliant.

[@mrme08]

Legion of Weirdo

[@minecraftminertime]

Not take away, but poison.

[@RinCooks]

absolutely "brilliant"

[@alexray230]

no one was paid to take away basic services

[@amandacamilleri1239]

Legion of Weirdos k

[@rdskn4eva]

Citizen - I pay taxes. Can I have clean drinking water? Michigan - hell no!!!

[@haydonbarrera1983]

To the naw naw naw

[@Inactivated404]

That's only in flint

[@snowwyify]

Actually quite alot of places within the U.S but flint is the most well known case.

[@noneofyourbusiness6764]

Obama went there and told them a little led wouldn't be ok for them and then bombed there city in the middle of the night

[@acebalistic1358]

Realistic

[@retiredtidepodeater3339]

The negligence on the local/state level is borderline criminal.

[@starfighter11]

+Cameron j borderline?

[@retiredtidepodeater3339]

starfighter11 I'm trying to reserve my "liberal outrage & condemnation" until everything comes to light.. It sure as hell isn't looking very good for all these fools though..

[@MrGiygas1]

it IS criminal

[@buk6708]

at least,you understand its both. many are just going for the governer, since he is Republican

[@lupen_rein]

+Cameron j It is criminal.

[@luunivaa]

the water was BROWN. how the heck do you call that safe?!

[@xavier4563]

Ehhhhhhhh. It's food coloring

[@voidcatto1805]

@Y coca cola isn't safe either

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

The pipes were to blame. More 🇺🇸 people need to see, comprehend, buildings, roads, pipes, designs prior to 1975 are UNSAFE. This is going on all over. Military housing, public works 🏘 are falling apart.

[@childofflesh1591]

Ye fun fact: the caramel coloring in Coca cola, which makes it brown, is considered a carcinogen

[@leedergs]

@@voidcatto1805 Coca cola is safe?

[@sydneywilliams4076]

I live in Flint and I experienced this first hand. My elderly mother drank the water and my young niece drank the water. We were told that because of the lead levels in her blood, she would now have learning disabilities and a lower IQ among other things. What isn't told in this video is that many residents in flint live in poverty and can't afford to replace filters that go bad after a few months. Even though we are on Detroit water now, lead still seeps from the pipes and gets into the water. It is 2017 now, and all of the cities old pipes still have not been replaced. Flint schools were already some of the worst in the entire state, and now with this problem, children require even more attention then before. This was not the cities' fault at all, our governor pretty much forced the switch just to save a few million dollars. There has been some improvements, but just because the media isn't covering it anymore, doesn't mean the problem is completely gone.

[@matrixace_8903]

Symone 64 "first world" problem pph

[@chillsounds4356]

you should sue the government

[@ultratheman]

All to save for debts.

[@hdhdhdhbitxh1079]

Symone 64 I live in williamston Michigan a couple miles a way and we always donate a gallon of water that our grocery store does if you donate it’s the best feeling

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

The city of Flint MI and its elected leaders, utility supervisors could have spent approx $300 per day on chemicals, water supply additives to reduce the bio-hazard & risks but chose NOT to. That's not the Gov or the EPA. That's Flint govt.

[@Poudii]

never thought i'd see shit like this in 2016

[@krisklev]

Welcome to 2020

[@RiceWrap]

@@krisklev welcome to 2021

[@devfromthefuture506]

Is it fixed?

[@sownlengoc]

@@devfromthefuture506 not yet

[@johnwinter2252]

Welcome to Ohio

[@oterenceo]

Typical denial that there's a problem. People found lead and they blame the people's plumbing. Well, the mayor should let his children drink the very water to prove it's safe. They should make these rich politicians and their family live where the people live, consume what they consume.

[@willparkinson]

Wait, so they were just pumping water directly from the river into people's homes?!?!

[@x0acake]

+Will Parkinson They treated it. But not for chlorides, which are super corrosive. Many homes in America have lead pipes (including mine). Corrosion + lead pipes = lead leaks into water. Corrosion + iron pipes = the brown water you see in this video. Lead pipes usually aren't a problem because they immediately develop an oxide skin when exposed to oxygen, which keeps the lead separate from the water.

[@mr3x2x]

+Will Parkinson apparently, the water is like 20 times more acidic than it should be because of industrial waste, it reacts with lead pipes and voila, poison

[@ben-devries]

+Greg Howell I don't think they new what was happening at the time. The were getting tons of new complaints and quickly switched back to what they knew was safe.

[@johnchristian7788]

+x0acake So, why not change the lead pipes?

[@FerrariTeddy]

+John Christian whos gonna pay to change the pipes in 100,000 homes? in an already shrinking broke city with one of the highets murder rates in the country and 3rd world conditions. hopefully this will also shed light on whats happening in detroit. the complete LACK of care for an entire city. children dont have access to schools, 9/10 people in the city DIDNT graduate high school, half of the city is functionally illiterate, half of the citys street lights dont even work, the child poverty rate is over 60%, they are shutting off half the citys water due to people not paying (because everyone is broke and unable to find jobs) speaking of jobs, the unemployment rate was almost 30% in 2011!!! (the great depression peaked at 25%)

[@JustPlay310]

This is what happens when you put a dollar value on everything. Basic clean drinking water not available in a US city, that's how far we have fallen, this is some 3rd world shit. Shit is crazy.

[@LuisG633]

As always, great video. Shame stuff like this happens in the world's "wealthiest" country.

[@samerkhatib4089]

The American dream baby!

[@Coxy002605]

+TheTuberV - Aquax A countries debt works a lot differently to personal debt.

[@Coxy002605]

***** Yes, and?

[@tapwater424]

+Rogue Slayer The US is the most wealthiest country by nominal GDP*

[@levishu991]

+Luis Gonzalez We are one of the wealthiest countries, but we are not a communist country that redistributes everyone's money equally. So some places are more poor. Deal with it.

[@ciangargan]

Flints water crisis in 3 minutes? What are you trying to pull Vox. I saw those extra 37 seconds? You won't get past my eagal eye.

[@teli6350]

and your misspelling won't go unnoticed by my eagle* eyes.

[@elizabeth712]

OCD?

[@karlosbricks2413]

the last 12 were no longer on the subject anyway, so I'd say more like 24

[@ciangargan]

@@teli6350 3 years later and I now know how to spell eagle.

[@teli6350]

@@lauran3244 2017(?) me should've seen that, thank you!

[@ScreaminMime]

Yet the city sure found money to give themselves raises and hire more cops.

[@buk6708]

nah it's the racist Republican white man fault.

[@MrSuckafree247]

+Screamin Mime Are you serious, they got raises?

[@deannalewis5528]

+MrSuckafree247 yes they got raises 💰💰💰💰💰💰

[@chewyshoey]

What's the matter with hiring more cops?

[@UnbornFamas]

What's the matter with poisoning a couple of million families and kids?

[@Thek0easy]

Remember this video next time the Gov tells you something is safe when it seems it isn't. Scary.

[@HeyImLarry]

+Um Hu You see, not every Local government has this amount of mental retardation. Since the consequences would be 10/10 criminal.

[@Tombee2]

to be honest it's not the government it's the people running it.the government has nothing to do with that guy lied to his own people that he represented about the safety of there drink water.

[@scarletsofia7553]

Yeah like when trump takes over

[@bcubed72]

Yup, scariest words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help!" Grab your loved ones, cash and guns when that starts happening...

[@minecraftminertime]

The problem came from only one local Government, not any others. It's not like all Governments would lie and say something's safe when it's not.

[@blewie5903]

I lived in Flint for a few years and when this came up it didn't change much for me because I already thought the tap water was gross so I was drinking out of bottles for most of my time there.

[@fezdalek]

Poor children that got the lead poisoning becouse of it,though I can understand they were trying to save up money,this was a realy horrible choice they made.

[@lawrence-yx1ew]

save money so the politicians can get paid more

[@Hugh.Manatee]

+lawrence You know, since they are paid by the people, the salaries of mayors, governors and senators should be public knowledge and easily accessible online. I've tried to see if there are any sources for your assertion, but haven't been able to find any. Apparently Snyder was the third highest paid governor in 2008, but that's the most recent data point I could find and the source it pointed to no longer exists...

[@buk6708]

The problems in Flint are not new.

[@mr3x2x]

+Fezdalek Abraian Money saved? est. 7 - 9 mln. "Peacekeeping" in afghanistan? 280 mln a DAY. You do the math.

[@tagtas69]

you can understand they were trying to save money. no they wanted more money. drink their water then

[@abbyrose3859]

I watched an in depth documentary on this, and something that shocked me was the exact amount of lead in the water at the Walter's house, also known as "Ground Zero". Safe lead levels is 15 parts per billion (ppb) or below. Above 5,000 ppb is considered hazardous. Ground Zero had over 150,000 ppb of lead in their water. Their children couldn't even bathe in the water without extreme agony and rashes. It's ridiculous

[@mofreedohm5351]

I looked at the same one and I say to myself different countries but same problem. political lie , modern ghetto , young people killing each other and middle class suffering

[@lindatran4149]

What documentary did you watch ? Name?

[@sriontube]

flint drinking like flintstones

[@Thumbsupurbum]

+sriontube and just what in the hell is that supposed to mean?!?!?!? :P

[@sriontube]

+Flintstoned awkward

[@CosmicYan]

FLEENTSTONES?!?!?!?!?

[@themiller3940]

sriontube lmaoo

[@kaseybernat7459]

sriontube lol

[@Rgmenkera]

this is a really great channel. i think most news channels could take notes on how you guys explain things here. going for understanding the situation rather then just telling it.

[@PhillipRottingham]

Good video explaining what happened. it's a sad state of affairs and I hope those responsible are held accountable.

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

I'm drinking water while watching this, grateful that I have clear water. My heart goes out to the citizens of Flint. I hope their water becomes clear again.

[@beastyyolo2336]

Its clean now.

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

@@beastyyolo2336 I sure hope so.

[@Fungamerplays]

So a scandal around water, you might call it watergate... oh wait

[@PyricDemon]

Anyone come here after seeing the large amount of water bottles in an abandoned school short?

[@escapefr0mslender]

Yea i'm here from exactly that

[@jupiter7795]

Don't sue the city. Instead, fix the problem, find out who is accountable. and hold who ever is accountable accountable.

[@millerrepin4452]

+Jupiter No lets do this the american way and sue the shit out of the government and then leave everyone else behind

[@sonv.2842]

Sueing the city will make them even poorer, and make it the situation worse.

[@millerrepin4452]

Son V. yep the american way screw everyone else for your own personal gain

[@Thumbsupurbum]

+Jupiter What other option is there really? None of these people will ever see the inside of prison cell for their gross negligence.

[@jupiter7795]

Flintstoned It's sad, but suing the city will harm the residents as well. I'm just shooting the shit; I don't know anything about procedures or laws regarding this.

[@jcjameschang]

Thank you for reporting this

[@MittenKitten]

You should really do an update. People still have to take 3 minutes shower in flint, they can leave cause no one wants to live there. It's really messed up and no one cares anymore

[@Voltanaut]

Flint, Michigan? Where's Michael Moore when you need him?

[@Voltanaut]

***** Why would I know where Michael Moore is; ever?

[@buk6708]

not giving a fuck

[@wilbertrejon]

Boycotting the oscars

[@ChristopherLaRock]

Obama has granted at least $25 million to be given to the state to fix the problem.

[@ChristopherLaRock]

tobysoter From what I understand, much of the water system in this country needs to be replaced. It will cost a lot of money to do, but might help to create jobs in the process.

[@Buenomars]

Obama's thoughts: "Fuck man.... why now?! Can't it wait after I leave?!!"

[@PkmnMasterHolly]

Thank you for explaining it so incredibly!!!

[@cynthiarouse]

It's not just Flint. I live in Frederick County VA and I have thought for a long time that the water was toxic here. The fish in the lake are dying. People have skin/dental issues. No one here drinks tap water. I think the water company and this county has a 'water problem'. I'm not naming them, but I am researching this issue because there is really something wrong with the aqua.

[@gabrielesparza8406]

Vox, thank you for making news easy! Keep up the great work! :)

[@ls-rk6hw]

august 2018...still no clean water for flint.

[@nathanclark1174]

I live in Michigan. What a horrible conservative state

[@WalleFails]

Michigan sucks I want out.

[@WalleFails]

Michigan sucks I want out.

[@TheWishPretzel]

+Walle Fails it does. it's a struggle up in the Upper Peninsula, where I live, and I can't even imagine what it's like south of the bridge, with the poisoning in Flint and the concrete wasteland that Detroit has turned into. This state is going to shit.

[@TheWishPretzel]

+Walle Fails it does. it's a struggle up in the Upper Peninsula, where I live, and I can't even imagine what it's like south of the bridge, with the poisoning in Flint and the concrete wasteland that Detroit has turned into. This state is going to shit.

[@18jsingh16]

+TheWishPretzel I live i. metro Detroit the suburbs out here are doing great and inside Detroit the city is funding destruction of old burned down homes and factories. Tons of houses are planned to be built, one(or maybe two) high rise apartment buildings are being made, new red wings arena is pretty much creating a whole new district, and public transportation trains are almost done being built. The state has its problems but it's getting better no doubt, and Michigan is not that conservative either.

[@cosmicpsyops4529]

A masterclass in avoiding accountability...will never be explained to the public. Ever.

[@rapauli]

This is a very important video report. thank you so much.

[@alehaim]

The crisis is still going on 4 years later

[@Weird-City]

This was a really good video/concept. Please explain more things in 3 minutes.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

WHAT happened to the 100 Million in taxpayers money that President Trump sent to Flint City leaders to repair the situation there when he office?? The PROBLEM IS that the voters never hold the LOCAL POLITICIANS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THESE SERVICES RESPONSIBLE. And they don't pay attention to local elections either.

[@JKNACK3]

I just want to THANK YOU VOX for filling me in on this subject, I KNEW something was going on in Flint, but didn't have near this amount of information as I do now. Thanks for keeping me informed and making it so dang easy to understand! I bet you probably saved so much money by posting this to youtube instead of on the AIR lol (That's my one lame joke out of this whole thing. :D So yes, I appreciate you!)

[@CeoLogJM]

Do you know someone from Flint?

[@geoh7777]

Isn't municipal water supposed to be tested before release to the public? It would seem that someone circumvented this basic step. .

[@IDoRobotics-hi7sc]

I live in flint. And we are working on fixing it. It is getting better

[@pyluadotcode923]

It’s not fixed yet?????

[@annalehman93941]

​@@pyluadotcode923why use money for helping americans. It's just not enough money for Ukraine and Israel 😢

[@pyluadotcode923]

@@annalehman93941 never said anything about that???

[@guillermorivas7819]

Gov. Synder is/was running Michigan like a business. His strategy to save money was to install Emergency Managers in cities that were in bad shape. So, he used a top down (corporate) approach in Flint to balance the budget. Turns out the EM had to only report to Gov. Synder -- devoid of the people of Flint, the mayor, and the city council. This is a prime example of what happens when people elect a business model into the governorship. You get people who will undermine the people of cities in whichever way possible to save money. They are just being good capitalists, by the way. The social costs are what we are currently seeing. Capitalism has an instinctual resistance towards social ails as Capitalism only cares about making/saving as much money as possible. People in Michigan got what they voted for (or because they didn't come out to vote).

[@themachine9366]

Flint was broke. Broke. You don’t grow money on trees. You can just get all the services in the world free of cost. They should have just raised taxes for all the people that was left and keep paying for the water until there was no one in Flint anymore.

[@donicaworthington2086]

Thank you for making this, now I can start my assignment :D

[@edtheangler4930]

Mama said, "Son don’t drink from the river Stay far away from that ol' silent killer If I’m ever not around, this I’m warning you I’ve buried one child, boy, don’t make me bury two" That’s what mama said

[@sollarr7885]

I went through Flint the other day (I live like 30 minutes away) and at the restaurants there are signs that say Detroit water its really sad the apartments do too.

[@imperialism7780]

I live in Michigan, and we’ve had to pay a lot for Flint’s damn crisis.

[@trevorarcher8373]

This brakes my heart everytime I hear about it

[@patstudios1184]

Who’s here after the former Governor of Michigan was charged?

[@accrely758]

Great video, as always!

[@thatdkguy5256]

FLINT STILL DOES NOT HAVE CLEAN WATER! 2/9/2017

[@3ktone685]

The water from the flint river isn’t a problem. It is the fact that they failed to add corrosion control agents to the water that poisoned the people of flint. Without the corrosion control agents, the scale in the lead supply pipes going to homes dissolved into the water, which is the only thing preventing lead from entering the water. Switching back to Detroit’s will help, but it will take time for the scale to grow back...

[@Fraylovesskincare]

Till this day I cant understand why anyone would think using the Flint River was okay. Just walking downtown you smell the river. I mean we all have jokes about how nasty it is. It's brown smelly water.

[@madalynrhian9372]

I have lived in Michigan all my life and have always had water from Detroit. Then I moved to northern Oakland County and the wells are just the same as flint water. It’s orange/brown water. I’ve been drinking only water bottles for over 5 years. My hair turned orange (it was blonde before).

[@zaahatchetmangaming]

as someone from north Michigan I'm glad I have well water...

[@stevenneiman9789]

0:51 yeah, and ice cream causes violence.

[@AnkushSharma-zv5hv]

best channel

[@felixkovac701]

I refuse to believe that this is the world's wealthiest and developed country.

[@PotassiumBromide]

Just to let you guys know, as of July 5, 2017, Flint *still* does not have safe water.

[@flrs5858]

Good thing I live in Australia.

[@treyhenry3857]

I live in Detroit and I feel sorry for them because theyre so close

[@angilinagraygray6140]

why don't the government stop sending hundreds of millions every month to the Middle East,and help its people first.

[@roxy27755]

Angilina Gray Gray exaclty all those funds to Israel and they can’t even help their own citizens

[@AWSMcube]

"without government, who would supply clean drinking water?"

[@steelyspielbergo]

Wow, not explained at all...too bad, because it's interesting. At least we have Wikipedia

[@robertjenkins6132]

I was thinking the exact same thing! Wikipedia goes into a lot more detail about about what caused the corrosion after the switch.

[@andriod8014]

You do know you change anyone's info in Wikipedia. I guess I have to write something about vox in wiki now.

[@pawnjunkie9880]

The lead did come from the pipes, lead wielding was under a layer of non-lead stuff. The new water corroded the layer down to the lead and lead went in

[@cindi409]

thanks to the doctor from Virginia and his staff for proving the high toxicity of the river water and all these people and children suffer. Great job to the people on the board to cut costs at the expense of brain damage.

[@windchimes098]

This video is a year old and this is still going on. Could we get an update video?

[@joshmo1672]

Greatest country on Earth people, greatest country on Earth. NAWT!!

[@mr3x2x]

+Josh Mo Land of the poisoned, home of the unaccountable.

[@Peng_Pong]

Calm your tits It's only one state it doesn't affect others

[@derkommissar4986]

Is this a Borat Reference

[@jvaldez97]

More of these!!!

[@MichaelJ44]

I blame Obama

[@HoboTheHenry]

❓

[@hnys7976]

Trump was president for an entire term and still didn't fix it.

[@SuperSanic..]

@@hnys7976 still Obama mocked the residents by acting to fix the issue and never fixed it.

[@conan_chen]

0:21 lol there's a pitcher of clean water in the background

[@DebbiePeet]

The city of Flint are DEMOCRATS! DON'T FORGET THAT!

[@StevenForditude]

It sounds like switching the water supply isn't the only problem. Those pipes need to be completely replaced.

[@MathsScotland]

Good Ol' Capitalism

[@ethanjarvis6788]

Would you rather have the entire country not have clean water

[@mpc562]

Please do a video on the Porter Ranch, CA, methane leak.

[@monishbhawale4089]

In our country we have states like Punjab , Chhattisgarh have decades of lead , fluoride water poisoning not a single media outlet has highlighted this and contaminated water is a norm every year during the monsoon

[@ChristinaJuneee]

here's a true WATERGATE!!!!!!!!!!!!! , made by govenor Snyder

[@e8iMm7KE999]

When the water supply was switched. Who was the person who tested the water after it was " treated " and said " Everything AOK " ? How could something like this happen ?

[@liaminfinland1525]

haha america has the worst water go to scandinavia and get clean tap water for free

[@addadu8031]

The maintenance staff struck a gas line by our school while replacing water pipes. Twice.

[@pedroluisperez3151]

In case you didn't notice the water bottles are circled for you😂😂😂

[@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong]

Sueing the city would just screw over its citizens more. Hold Snyder accountable

[@michaelheliotis5279]

So they're suing the city that poisoned them because it couldn't afford to provide clean water. That doesn't sound like it's helping the problem...

[@robertely686]

The job of Vox - to report on this without blaming or even mentioning any corporations or the mainstream media.

[@thatssofetch3481]

Why would they not mention any corporations?

[@BeenSauce]

All those children who will be affected, mentally, for their entire lives...

[@darkwitchie4527]

You never could swim in the flint river when my mom was a kid they said in the summer the water smelled of cleaning products and paint

[@OYT0724]

"This is not a publicity stunt! I've got your back!"

[@trizlet-]

I live in Davison (near flint) and when this all started my school started a thing where anyone can donate bottled water

[@leslieallforjeno5011]

Hello! May i ask the name of your school and your surname, maybe? I need this for research :))

[@maniccam8374]

Our city tried to save $130,000 a year. They hurt us they hurt our infrastructure. During this crisis they still require you to have running water charging you $100 a month. And that was before taxes. Water is a separate service. Water charges you by the size of pipe you are connected to it. To get water from Detroit Flint would have to pay a flat rate for whatever size of pipe is and or pipe size that's required. I had a customer running a laundromat he had a 2-inch pipe. His Flat Water rate he never used more than 10% of the water he paid for. He went out of business. The cost went up dramatically for each resident because of the mass Exodus of people leaving Flint when the shops got up and moved. The residents left behind have to flip the whole water bill for all the empty houses empty lots. water should never be an issue for Michigan being that we have so many huge Lakes whenever in stone's throw. I was there when it all went down it took me two years to get out of that town. Just remember all those reports but anybody has done about Flint it's not from the view of the actual citizens themselves. they always put their own spin on it. Being pressured at work to save money should be Criminal being that the person following it somehow is criminally responsible the true people responsible will never get in trouble

[@a.m.pietroschek1972]

Whoa, how comfy to know that those who messed it up are not even arrested, and thousands of citizens dying is totally not a problem to the overpaid misanthropy. 🤔

[@BlueWrenbird]

The sad thing is this is every single day on many Canadian reserves.

[@alexthepotato]

I love really close and all of this was true. Thank you for telling people about this!

[@coolduder1001]

I live next to flint and around that time flint's whole area was in ruins

[@undeadwolf5844]

And the Moral of this lesson is have Foresight and understand what's up ahead if not you are going to be screwed.

[@balletdancer69]

That's what happens when you cut corners.

[@BnenyBread]

We really do take access to clean water for granted...

[@alicehermioneannabeth]

i hope that the state gives free health care to the citizens now and take care of their health as an obligation.

[@Ruben-cv3mr]

This is happening right now in Venezuela.

[@tbone24601]

This video doesn't actually explain anything. The problem was foreseeable but way more complicated than is being conveyed here: it isn't a mater of "good water" vs "bad, polluted water". It's a problem of old pipes and "water with lots of calcium in it" vs "water with just normal amounts of calcium in it". When they switched to softer water it disrupted the film that coated all of the pipes and prevented the rust and lead from old pipes from getting into the water. Switching back to detroit water isn't going to fix anything short term because once the film is disrupted it will take a long time to reestablish.

[@JuanGonzalez-iv9hj]

yeah a "Sorry" fixes everything

[@hayzed9491]

They had to pay $85,000,000 to switch to the new water system that led to them using the local system in between just to avoid paying Detroit and they lied to get that money.