What’s in our water? Examining risks 10 years after Flint
A Dr. Lawrence H. and Roberta Cohn Forum
What health risks lurk in U.S. tap water? Our expert panel explored what’s changed since the water crisis in Flint, Mich., 10 years ago and what still needs to be done to protect U.S. consumers from potentially unsafe levels of lead, arsenic, PFAS chemicals, and other pollutants. We’ll also look at how policy change, community activism, and monitoring can improve water quality, particularly for the marginalized and low-income communities that are most likely to have hidden toxins in their drinking water.
SPEAKERS
Ronnie Levin Instructor of environmental health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Brooke Floyd Director of People’s Assembly Initiatives
Vernon K. Walker Climate Justice Program Director, Clean Water Action & Clean Water Fund
MODERATOR
Erin Douglas Boston Globe reporter
