About Flint's Deadly Water (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
An exclusive investigation into the side of the Flint story that few know about — an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease during the water crisis that continued to claim lives in the city five years later. A documentary that uncovers the extent of a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak during the Flint water crisis — and how officials failed to stop it. FRONTLINE examines how the outbreak happened, why it continued for more than a year before the public was alerted — and the consequences of that delay for the people of Flint. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Major funding for FRONTLINE is provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Ford Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Abrams Foundation, the Park Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation.
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- Title
- Flint's Deadly Water (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
- Category
- Society
- Runtime
- 53 minutes
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- FRONTLINE PBS | Official
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