Case Study: The Flint Water Crisis

This On-Demand webinar features the pediatrician who helped expose lead poisoning in Flint. It examines the regulation of drinking water quality as a health equity issue, describes the Flint water crisis, and explains what role public health can help play in maintaining the quality of drinking water.

Once you complete your course review, you need to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of ten (10) questions to earn 1 PDH credit.

Learning Objectives

This course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

• A detailed chronology of the Flint water crisis
• The factors that contributed to the failure of the public safety system
• An introduction to environmental injustice
• Existing federal environmental laws and their limitations to protect drinking water
• Recommendations for preventing future recurrences of this problem

We provide technical courses for PDH credits that meet Board requirements for Professional Engineers, Geologists and Land Surveyors. This courses is guaranteed to be accepted in AK, AL, AR, GA, IA, IL, ID, IN, KS, KY, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV, and WY. Before purchasing this course, please confirm that your state Board is listed above.