Connor Coyne, writing for Vox.com, on the unfolding of the Flint poisoned water crisis:
In October 2015, the state finally confirmed the worst of our fears: There was lead in the water after all. The city switched back to Detroit water, but the damage had already been done. We, and our children, were being poisoned.
The whole article is worth a read. It's part first person narrative and part sociological overview of the crisis.