Mighty Acorns Grow!
Bayview Hunters Point Environmental Health & Justice Leaders Meet with High Ranking EPA Officials
Mighty Oaks — From Little Acorns Grown
“Mighty oaks — from little acorns grow is a 14th century English proverb that inspires us never to give up and to always remember that great things do indeed come from very small beginnings.” An adorable eight year old crowned “Little Miss Flint” wrote an endearing letter to an American President in March of 2016 from her home in Flint, Michigan requesting to meet with him about the public health crisis in her community. April 25, 201 6 marked the second anniversary of the Flint Michigan public health crisis that began when the drinking water source from the Detroit system was switched to the Flint River as a cost saving measure that led to lead and bacterial contamination leaching into the faucets of homes. A September 2015 research study conducted by Hurley Medical Center physician Dr. Mona Hanna Attisha found the percentage of Flint infants and children with elevated lead levels doubled citywide and tripled among children at high risk of lead exposure. A spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Public Health countered by claiming blood lead levels had remained steady for children under the age of 16 since the city switched to Flint river.
