As Flint Reeled From a Water Crisis, Words May Have Caused Harm
Despite the evidence, a false narrative that lead exposure in Flint is driving child learning difficulties persists.
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Welcome to Because: Letters from a Scientist, a newsletter from environmental engineer Siddhartha Roy.
What can we learn from misinformation on scientific matters in the water space?
2020 November. For the International Water Association.
From Sewage Sludge, a New Perspective on the Flint Water Crisis
2020 September. Siddhartha Roy and Marc Edwards. For Undark (Syndicated: Mother Jones).
Flint water crisis shows the danger of a scientific dark age
2019 March. Siddhartha Roy and Marc Edwards. For CNN.
Science is a public good in peril - here's how to fix it
2017 November. Siddhartha Roy and Marc Edwards. For Aeon. "Perverse incentives and the misuse of quantitative metrics have undermined the integrity of scientific research"
The Hand-in-Hand Spread of Mistrust and Misinformation in Flint
2017 January-February. For American Scientist. "The water crisis not only left infrastructure and government agencies in need of cleaning up; the information landscape was also messy."
We helped uncover a public health crisis in Flint, but learned there are costs to doing good science
2016 February. William J. Rhoads, Rebekah Martin and Siddhartha Roy. For The Conversation (syndicated: Scientific American, PBS)