Treating Flint's water would have cost approximately $60 a day. For $60 a day, officials could have prevented 100,000 people from getting poisoned. Now, what has that led to? Flint's advocacy changed more than just the city's water source. It changed Michigan. Michigan is the Great Lakes state. Water is part of our core identity. And we've always seen ourselves as protectors of our nation's water. (09:21–09:27)
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Asserts that advocacy efforts in Flint led to broader changes in Michigan's approach to water issues.
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