GW professor, student activist discuss historic Potomac sewage spill

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On this episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, co-host Max Porter speaks with GW professor Yun Shen about what caused the historic Potomac sewage spill and what's being done to fix it, while reporter Maddie Flesch speaks with student activist Elias Theofilopoulos about the spill's public health and environmental justice implications.

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