Article 11Q7R 'It's all just poison now': Flint reels as families struggle through water crisis

'It's all just poison now': Flint reels as families struggle through water crisis

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Oliver Laughland and Ryan Felton in Flint, Michiga
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City's residents, many of whom live in poverty, fear consequences to their children in Michigan town where life has changed immeasurably

Annette Williams is careful to hold her granddaughter Sharell's head at bath time, to keep the two-year-old from taking a gulp of toxic water. Though most people no longer drink what flows through Flint's corroded pipes, many families have little choice but to bathe in it.

Related: 'Please do not drink the water': Flint in crisis - in pictures

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