The Chronicle of Higher Education has an interview with the
chemist/water scientist who helped to expose that the water
supply in Flint, Michigan was poisoning its inhabitants with
lead -- perhaps some Tipsters have heard of this? Anyway,
Marc Edwards talks about the cost of being a scientist and
taking on the "Establishment", meaning local government,
state government, federal government, the scientists who
are associated with these governmental agencies (e.g.,
the environmental protection agencies), academia, the
reward structure of science, and even one's friends when
one attempts to do the "right thing". The article can be
accessed here:
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Water-Next-Time-Professor/235136
For those curious about his scientific productivity, check
out his publication list on Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Je0IEScAAAAJ&hl=en
I think it was Sartre who said that one should avoid places that
would make one do evil -- has a scientific career become one
of those places?
-Mike Palij
New York University
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