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Marc Edwards on Flint Water and Public-Inspired Science

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Marc Edwards at WKAR Studios

Thu. Apr. 28 at 8pm onWKAR World  & Sunday May 1 at 4:30pm on WKAR HD | Dr. Marc Edwards leads the Virginia Tech research team credited with revealing deadly lead contamination in the public water supply in Flint, Mich. WATCH NOW

Edwards presents his engaging talk, "How Jonathan Turner Saved Flint, Mich. Public-Inspired Science and the Modern Land-Grant University," and honors Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha for her role in alerting his team and the world to the crisis.
 
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