203. Dr Marc Edwards on Exposing the Flint Water Crisis
In today's episode, host Marc Clair is joined by Dr. Marc Edwards, the civil engineer who led the study which exposed dangerously high levels of ...
April 20, 201644m 57sExplicit
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Show Notes
In today’s episode, host Marc Clair is joined by Dr. Marc Edwards, the civil engineer who led the study which exposed dangerously high levels of lead in the water in Flint, Michigan. Before we dig into his work in Flint, Dr. Edwards explains why he first pursued the field of civil engineering, with the idea that he could help people with little foreseeable incentive to pursue an unethical path. He then touches on his first encounter with a government cover-up of a water supply in Washington, D.C., and then gets into his most recent work on the Flint crisis. Dr. Edwards breaks down the events which lead to the poisoning of the water in Flint, and why it took [...]
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