Clay Quote by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

“Tap water is another example of a legally condoned public health hazard. As early as the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) in China, the…

— Daniel Reid

I’m just some white guy in California, and nobody in Flint is going to pay any attention to what I’m saying. I don’t blame…

— Kevin Drum

For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site…

— Fred Thompson

I mean, think of Flint. I mean, think of the lead poisoning of thousands of poor and black children across the United States.

— Henry Giroux

Lead poisoning is an insidious menace that robs our citizens of their fullest potential.

— Scott Pruitt

The history of lead is a history of neglect. It's a history of decisions on our part not to address the broad implications of…

— David Rosner

There can be no intelligent control of the lead danger in industry unless it is based on the principle of keeping the air clear…

— Alice Hamilton

The Safe Drinking Water Act was passed in 1974 after tests discovered carcinogens, lead and dangerous bacteria flowing from faucets in New Orleans, Pittsburgh…

— Charles Duhigg

We have been quick to assume rights to use water but slow to recognize obligations to preserve and protect it... In short, we need…

— Sandra Postel

Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real…

— Alice Hamilton

Contaminated water is not a problem limited to Flint. Think of New Jersey, where school fountains were found to contain unsafe levels of lead.…

— Erin Brockovich

Water is a commodity not by any means to be found everywhere...When found, it is more than likely to be bad, being either from…

— Theodore Roosevelt