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Obama: Flint Water Safe for Kids 6+

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Says pipes could take two years to replace.

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Upon visiting Flint, Mich., on Wednesday morning to assess its ongoing lead-poisoned water crisis more closely, President Obama told the press that it could take more than two years to replace the city's pipes. According to Reuters, he reiterated experts' claims that the water is safe for kids over the age of six so long as it is properly filtered. According to a pool report, the president also "took a drink of water from a glass that he said contained filtered Flint water."

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