The residents of Flint, Michigan are in crisis mode after finding out that the water that has been consumed by the entire city has been contaminated with lead. The news has spread across the country and has shifted several celebrities into action, who are all willing to help in any way possible. The latest to join in on the efforts to help are new business partners Mark Wahlberg and Sean Combs, who together own bottled water company AQUAhydrate, and are already beginning to send their water to aid in Flint's crisis.
According to EUR, the Daddy's Home actor and the Bad Boy Entertainment mogul have joined the likes of other music artists like Eminem, Wiz Khalifa and Big Sean to aid Flint in receiving fresh, clean and healthy water. The new fitness water, AQUAhydrate reportedly contains 72 electrolytes, and is a great post-workout choice, with zero calories according to Men's Fitness. The water is regularly sold at Safeway, Kroger, and GNC stores, and Combs and Wahlberg became part of the business endeavor back in 2013.
Combs and Wahlberg plan to donate 1 million bottles of their water to Flint residents, until the city has rectified the problem with the water. According to EUR, they are planning on sending out the first batch of water, a total of 5,000 cases, by Wednesday of this week.
The water in Flint has been classified as hazardous and deemed so unsafe that the state attorney general has warned parents to keep their children away from the water and to not even use it for bathing, according to FOX News. The problem reportedly began when the city "switched from Detroit's municipal water system and began drawing from the Flint River in 2014 to save money," according to Fox. Residents have been exposed to toxic levels of rust, iron and lead.
