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US prisons hold water drive for Flint amid crisis

A Flint resident in 2015 attending the City's Council Meeting upheld a jar of water received out of her home tap. (Photo Courtesy of Michigan Radio/NPR)

Susan Modaress
Press TV, New York

The water crisis in Flint in the US state of Michigan has been termed as a national tragedy by many, after toxic levels of lead were found in the city's drinking water. While the US government has just started providing clean water service, help is also pouring in from an unlikely place. Prison inmates launched a fundraiser to provide safe drinking water for the children in Flint.

 


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