Google helps polluted Flint

- Google pulls the purse for the town of Flint, Michigan, where the drinking water is contaminated with dangerous lead. The amount of $ 250,000 (217,000 euros) should help to find a solution.

The amount is 150 000 dollars to the University of Michigan. Which includes research to overcome lead pollution can be predicted better. Researchers also want to build an app that people can submit complaints and request testing equipment. Google helps the technology that is needed. The remaining 100 000 dollars is earmarked for the health of children in the city. Lead can be very harmful for the development of small children.

,, Access to clean water is a source of concern all over the world, but in the United States is obvious, '' Google said Tuesday. Except in Flint so.,, The problem will not go away quickly. Understanding how it fits together is both a challenge and an absolute necessity. ''