“Toxicohistrionics”: Flint Michigan and the Lead Crisis

In this volume of The Journal, Gómez et al report an in-depth analytical view of events that occurred in Flint, Michigan, in 2014 and 2015.1 The events in Flint, which apparently arose from a change in the water supply, entered the public realm through news outlets rather than the scientific literature. On September 24, 2015, data released to the public triggered a media firestorm. By April 20, 2016, a report on National Public Radio opened with a paragraph that read, "Lead seepage into the drinking water in Flint, Michigan, has caused a massive public health crisis and prompted President Obama to declare a federal state of emergency there."2

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