"Real Housewives of Atlanta" personality Phaedra Parks has been in Flint, Mich. handing out water and meeting with residents beset by lead in their public drinking water.

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"When we work together there is synergy," she wrote with one of the images she has posted on her public Instagram page. "We will not sit quietly and allow the government to poison families and children."

Parks, who is an attorney, is teaming up with other celebrities and attorneys.

President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency, lawsuits have been filed and federal agencies are investigating who's at fault.

Jimmy Fallon, Cher, Eminem, Wiz Khalifa, Mark Wahlberg and Meek Mill are among the other celebrities pitching in with donations.

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State and local officials can likely bank on a blizzard of lawsuits. From a recent AJC news recap:

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Angie McBrayer, ex-wife of James Aaron McBrayer, leans her head on her son Sam McBrayer as she and her three children and two grandchildren (from left) Jackson McBrayer, 3, Piper Jae McBrayer, 7, Katy Isaza, and Jordan McBrayer, visit the grave of James McBrayer, Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Tifton. He died after being restrained by Tift County sheriff's deputies on April 24, 2019. His ex-wife witnessed the arrest and said she thought the deputies were being rough but did not imagine that McBrayer would die. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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