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Michael and Virginia We were contacted by USEPA this week regarding complaints from residents of Flint, Michigan associated with the quality of their drinking water. There have been recent taste and odor complaints, but also claims of people developing rashes. The complaints seem to correspond to the timeframe the City of Flint switching from purchasing water from the City of Detroit to utilizing their own treatment system that takes water from the Flint River, which began in late April, 2014. Although this is a regulatory compliance issue, ATSDR was contacted to assist in addressing health concerns in the community. Although the analytical testing does not indicate the presence of chemicals that appear to be a health concern, the fact that their raw water is coming from a new source raises questions about other constituents that have not been evaluated. We will be contacting the Michigan Dept. of Community Health, but we also wanted to contact your program to see if you get involved with these situations and can offer some advice. Let me know what you think. Mark Mark D. Johnson, PhD, DABT Regional Director/ Senior Environmental Health Scientist Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) 77 West Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60604 xxxEND_PAGE:deq11_b144_0857_0862_3 e-mail: siciohnsan@ede. poy phone: 312-353-3436 (office)