Turning her faucet on one day in 2014, Chanel McGee watched in disgust as a brownish trickle poured out.
Today, a strong musty smell lingers. Residents of the American city of Flint are still suffering the consequences of a historic water crisis, which is fueling a lively rejection of politics—and, by extension, the White House race.
For ten years, this mother of two from the Canadian border state of Michigan—a key swing state in the November polls—has consumed only bottled water.
"I started getting a little sick ... I drink bottled water now, I don't drink out of the faucet because I don't like the smell," the 47-year-old says in her kitchen, pierced by the scent of mildew.
A trap blackened with insects hangs over her sink. Even to wash, she says she buys water, which she pours into pots and heats on the stove.
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