Latest / We Can Be - The Heinz Endowments
What the Eyes Don't See: Mona Hanna-Attisha & Flint’s lead water crisis. (S01EP16)
“Flint is a story about what happens when the very people that are charged with keeping us safe care more about money or power than they do about you or your children,” says Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha.
Known as “Dr. Mona,” the pediatrician came to national prominence for exposing the water crisis in Flint, Mich., caused by high lead levels, and standing up to government officials who tried to downplay the seriousness of the contamination. In the aftermath, she become a passionate voice for speaking out against what she – and many others – have accurately termed “environmental racism.”
“We know…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.