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EPISODE · Mar 28, 2019 · 2H 6M

Poisoned Flint Mother Was Sued By "Hero" EPA-Funded Scientist for $3 Million—She Just Won

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Jordan Chariton speaks with Melissa Mays, a Flint resident and activist who has helped keep the Flint water crisis in the spotlight along with helping to win $98 million from the state of Michigan for lead service line replacement.  Melissa was one of three who was sued for $3 million by Virginia Tech civil engineer Dr. Marc Edwards—who was originally credited with sounding the alarm on the lead problem in Flint before falling out of favor with many Flint residents. That lawsuit was just dismissed. https://lawandcrime.com/first-amendment/flint-mother-scores-legal-victory-against-celebrity-water-scientist-who-sued-her-for-defamation/ Jordan's previous report looking at Dr. Edwards' science and testing in Flint: https://www.truthdig.com/articles/fraudulence-in-flint-how-flawed-science-has-declared-the-crisis-over/ Jordan & Jenn's investigative report on Michigan Department of Environmental Quality manipulating water lead testing and data--and then using that data to declare Flint's water "restored": https://medium.com/status-coup/exclusive-flint-water-declared-restored-after-michigan-s-environmental-agency-broke-epa-testing-3e2fc1f91a70

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