Characteristics of Participants Who Consented to Share Data with a Public Health Registry After an Environmental Disaster.

ABSTRACT: On 25 April 2014, the municipal water source in Flint, Michigan, was switched to the Flint River. Failure to properly treat the water for corrosion resulted in lead contamination of the water system. Resident concerns were dismissed by local, state, and federal government agencies until community participatory and clinical pediatric research demonstrated the contamination, and the water was restored to the original source 18 months later. Recovery efforts established a public health registry, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A grant of public health authority and registry funding were awarded to Michigan State University in August 2017 to establish a health surveillance system and public health intervention to refer exposed individuals to community services. Commun

SUBMITTER: Crawford M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12652031 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature