Erin Brockovich: Here's why water across the US is turning brown, yellow, and other colours

Erin Brockovich, the famous environmental activist and fighter for clean water, explains why people are seeing their drinking water turn different colours. It’s not just Flint, Michigan, that’s suffering: there are more than 200 sites with lead levels higher than Flint. Following is a transcript of the video.





So those are usually why we see this sudden onset of discoloration of water. Because they have been adding chloramines to the system. And now we have a pretty good idea that the people are being exposed to, certainly, lead — hexavalent chromium, by the way, you know, has colour in water.

[Clip from the movie “Erin Brockovich“]

“Hexavalent chromium can be very harmful.”

“So it kills people?”

“Oh yeah.”

If you remember Flint, when they were releasing the fire hydrants, the colour of the water — that is, iron, lead, and manganese leaching out of the distribution system that’s been delivered to your house that’s causing the coloured water. That would be the main reason. We believe we’re seeing that across the board right now.

And it doesn’t mean that it’s safe to drink.

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