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We helped uncover a public health crisis in Flint, but learned there are costs to doing good science

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

Our team of more than two dozen students and research scientists at Virginia Tech has spent much of the past year analyzing and publicizing unsafe drinking water in Flint, Michigan.

Our “open science” research collaboration with Flint residents revealed high levels of lead, Legionella and damage to potable water infrastructure due to a...

Read more: We helped uncover a public health crisis in Flint, but learned there are costs to doing good science

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