Book club kit : what the eyes don't see : a story of crisis, resistance, and hope in an American city
(Book)

Bookclub kit: Great Michigan Read 2019-2020

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-352) and index.

The story of a significant environmental disaster and tale of a relentless physician who stood up to power. Shortly after the city of Flint shifted the source of its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint Fiver, citizens began complaining about the water but officials rebuffed them. Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician at the city's public hospital, had no reason to be concerned about the water and encouraged the parents and children in her care to continue drinking it. But a conversation at a cookout with an old friend, leaked documents from a rogue environmental inspector, and the activism of a concerned mother raised red flags about lead--a neurotoxin whose irreversible effects fall most heavily on children. This book is the story of how Dr. Mona--accompanied by a team of researchers, parents, friends, and community leaders--proved that Flint's kids were exposed to lead and then fought her own government and a brutal backlash to expose that truth to the world. At the center of the story is Dr. Mona herself--an immigrant, doctor, scientist, and mother whose family's activist roots inspired her pursuit of justice.--Adapted from jacket.

Plastic Sterilite box 14 x 11.5 x 7 in. containing: 6 paperback copies of What the Eyes Don't See by Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD. 1 Reader's Guide for The Great Michigan Read 2019-2020.