Meet the Alternative Medicine Doctor Who Uses Flint as a Marketing Ploy

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http://groundedparents.com/2016/03/01/meet-the-alternative-medicine-doctor-who-uses-flint-as-a-marketing-ploy/

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So I asked — Do you work in Flint? Gant just shrugged and said no. Because he doesn’t distinguish between true lead-poisoning and the trace amounts of lead normally found in human bodies, Gant has no qualms marketing his services to everyone, including privileged hipsters whose drinking water is probably just fine. Here in DC, it’s the residents who can’t afford to replace older lead pipes who are really at risk for lead poisoning.

Getting safe, privileged Americans to freak out and spend money seems to be the sine qua non of environmental health advocacy these days. The Environmental Working Group — the group whose stated mission is to protect human health — most recently used the Flint water crisis to remind people to buy EWG-recommended water filters.

The constant message seems to be spend money to save your family from risks that are either unlikely or don’t exist at all (hello, fluoride). Meanwhile, do nothing to help the poorest Americans (in Flint and elsewhere) who are actually at risk.

After Gant concluded his talk, we left the room and my son pressed me to answer whether of any of that was true. I told him he should read more about lead poisoning and make up his own mind about Charles Gant, but he’s in middle school and he just said, Noooo that’s boring. Just tell me!

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