Comment on 6: Academic Funding trumps Ethics – Criticism on Dr. Edwards’ involvement in Flint by jakeyel

Thanks for sharing this. I enjoyed our class discussion on the topic the other day. One of the students who worked on the Flint project was in a class I took last fall and so we were hearing weekly about how the situation was developing. It was (and remains) very surprising how so many people can turn away from the dire need in Flint (and many other areas of the country).

I think one of the great effects of your work is that it has brought this issue to the forefront of discussion in Flint and beyond. I was living in Chicago before coming to Tech and it seems city officials may be taking the issue of lead contamination more seriously now than in the past (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-chicago-water-testing-20160801-story.html).

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