Mona Hanna-Attisha was one of the people who exposed the lead water crisis in Flint, Mich., about a decade ago.

MONA HANNA-ATTISHA: I respect the science of what lead does. I understand it’s a potent, irreversible neurotoxin. And I also understand that lead’s a form of environmental racism.

CHANG: Dr. Mona, as she is known, is a pediatrician by trade. So here was the first thing on her mind when she learned about the lead in Flint’s water.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)HANNA-ATTISHA: That’s the last thing our kids in Flint needed. That’s the moment I stopped sleeping. I stopped eating.RACHEL MARTIN: […]

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