Helping for the long term in Flint Michigan
Helping for the long term in Flint Michigan ABOUT ZEENFONE - Helping for the long term in Flint, Michigan, Access to clean drinking water is a concern all over the world, but in the United States it�s often a foregone conclusion. That is not the case recently for the residents of Flint, Michigan, many of whom we now know have been exposed to lead in their tap water. It�s a crisis, one to which the American people readily responded by donating water and resources to help alleviate the immediate pain. But the problem won�t go away quickly, and understanding its extent is both challenging and an absolute necessity. Today, Google.org is providing $250,000 to partners in the Flint community to help, with a special focus on a technical solution for understanding and resolving the crisis for the long term. First, we�re making a $150,000 grant to the University of Michigan-Flint to enable the University of Michigan-Flint to develop a comprehensive data platform that will assist government and...