[Solved] V-POPULATION H.

Assignment Prompt & Instructions

_Starting in 2014, the impoverished city of Flint, Michigan, experienced the highest-profile lead exposure crisis in recent American history._ _Lead levels in Flint’s children spiked after the city failed to properly treat a new water source. Eventually, the state of Michigan and the city of Flint were forced to agree to a $641 million settlement for residents affected by the lead poisoning, and several state officials, including former Gov. Rick Snyder, were criminally indicted for their role in exposing children to lead._ _While estimates differ, a prominent study found that the share of screened Flint children under the age of 5 with high lead levels reached 4.9 percent in 2015, up from 2.4 percent before the problems with lead contamination began. According to the CDC guidance at the time, a level of lead in blood that would be considered high was 5 micrograms per deciliter (µg/dL) (the agency has since lowered the threshold to 3.5 µg/dL). That said, no level of lead exposure is considered safe, and even exposure well below public health recommendations can be quite harmful. That nearly 5 percent of young children in Flint faced exposure to rates that high is a travesty._ _As scandalous as the Flint lead crisis is, it’s sobering to know that it may be just the tip of the iceberg globally._ _A recent systematic evidence review, widely cited and respected in the field, pooled lead screenings from 34 countries representing two-thirds of the world’s population. The study estimated that 48.5 percent of children in the countries surveyed have blood lead levels above 5 µg/dL._ _Let me repeat that: Flint became the symbol of catastrophic lead exposure in the United States. The breakdown of a long-neglected system was so terrible that it led to headlines for months and even became an issue in the 2016 presidential election. Yet children in low- and middle-income countries are, per this estimate, 10 times likelier to have high blood lead levels than children in Flint were at the height of the city’s crisis._ **This week's learning activity will consist of the following:** **As you learned about the local, national, and global lead problems, what was surprising to you? Why? Ensure you reference the appropriate number of scholarly sources.** **NO PLAGIO MORE THAN 10 %** **DUE DATE FEBRUARY 12, 2024** **ADD REFERENCES NO OLDER THAN 5 YEARS** **APA STYLE AND CHECK FOR PROPER AND PROFESSIONAL GRAMMAR USE**