Incidentally, some actual number crunching [0] shows that the lead levels in Flint were never that high, being less than the average level in many states, and like everywhere else in America had been declining significantly over decades. What's more, in the era of leaded gasoline, almost all children had blood lead levels about 10x what was seen in Flint.

0: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/22/opinion/flint-lead-poison...