"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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