Though Michigan officials have said that there is no problem with the Flint city water supply, doctors have clearly warned that by having city’s tap water that now contains double the amount of lead owing to the switch of water supply from Detroit to the Flint River, one can suffer from lower IQ among other problems.

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), lead level in Flint’s drinking water has defined as hazardous waste. Kary L Moss, ACLU of Michigan executive director, said, “The EPA, along with city officials, must exercise their full authority to guarantee that the people of Flint are protected from the hazardous water now flowing into their homes”.

Local organizations came forward to help residents concerned about lead in the water. The water filters were distributed at the University of Michigan-Flint at the Recreation Center on Saturday, October 3.

Mainly, the water filters distribution was meant for low-income families with children, pregnant women, and the elderly. But then the officials opened the water filters distribution for all residents by afternoon. The water distribution giveaway started at 10 and continued till 5pm.

Many institutions and organizations came forth in the giveaway including the United Way, University of Michigan-Flint, city of Flint, among other local agencies and businesses. In addition, 4,000 filters has also been distributed on Saturday and 20,000 in total are estimated to be distributed.

"Lead is primarily a hazard to the developing central nervous system and brain." Valacak said. "It's the younger population, and this is an element that can be transferred over the placenta so pregnant women are probably at the highest risk because of potential damage to the fetus."

"When we got here this morning we really wanted to focus on families with small children in the house, breastfeeding mothers, kids that are on a bottle, and so forth." Gaskin said. "We got that group through here pretty fast and we're kind of excited right now because we're able to widen the net a little bit more after that priority community has come in. The idea is this is the first best defense if you're going to use the tap in your house, this is going to filter out that lead that you can't see, you can't taste."