The Michigan National Guard arrived in Flint on Wednesday to help provide emergency relief to hundreds of thousands of people facing toxic tap water. Flint’s tap water became contaminated with too much lead after the city switched its water supply in 2014 to save money. As a water crisis emergency has been declared the National Guard will be conducting door-to-door visits to deliver water, filters and supplies. Activist Post reports: A swarm of federal and state agencies are coming with them, including FEMA, the EPA and the CDC. Via ABC News: Members of the Michigan National Guard began arriving in Flint on Wednesday for briefings on the drinking water crisis just as state health officials reported a spike in Legionnaires’ disease cases in the county where the city is located. …They are part of a larger contingent of Guardsmen who will help distribute bottled water, filters and other supplies to residents. […]About 30 Guardsmen will be in place by Friday, enabling American Red Cross volunteers to join the door-to-door efforts that began Tuesday instead of staffing sites where residents can pick up free bottled water, filters, replacement cartridges and home water testing kits. Lead poisoning can cause brain damage, learning [...]