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Lead in Flint water increased fetal deaths, lowered fertility, study says
Source: MLive
Lead in Flint water increased fetal deaths, lowered fertility, study says
Updated on September 20, 2017 at 5:02 PM Posted on September 20, 2017 at 5:00 PM
By Oona Goodin-Smith
FLINT, MI - Flint's lead-in-water contamination crisis caused lower fertility rates and higher infant death rates, a new study says.
David Slusky and Daniel Grossman - two economics professors from the University of Kansas - released their findings from a working paper on Wednesday, Sept. 20, after analyzing data and comparing Flint birth and death certificates with those issued in other Michigan cities in a several-year time period before Flint changed water sources and after its use of contaminated water in April 2014.
According to Slusky and Grossman's analysis, after Flint switched its water source from Detroit to Flint River water in 2014, the city's fertility rates decreased by 12 percent among Flint women, while fetal death rates rose by 58 percent.
The overall health of Flint children at birth decreased as well, compared with children from other Michigan cities, the study reported.
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Updated on September 20, 2017 at 5:02 PM Posted on September 20, 2017 at 5:00 PM
By Oona Goodin-Smith
FLINT, MI - Flint's lead-in-water contamination crisis caused lower fertility rates and higher infant death rates, a new study says.
David Slusky and Daniel Grossman - two economics professors from the University of Kansas - released their findings from a working paper on Wednesday, Sept. 20, after analyzing data and comparing Flint birth and death certificates with those issued in other Michigan cities in a several-year time period before Flint changed water sources and after its use of contaminated water in April 2014.
According to Slusky and Grossman's analysis, after Flint switched its water source from Detroit to Flint River water in 2014, the city's fertility rates decreased by 12 percent among Flint women, while fetal death rates rose by 58 percent.
The overall health of Flint children at birth decreased as well, compared with children from other Michigan cities, the study reported.
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Read more: http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2017/09/lead_in_flint_water_increased.html
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