By Mona Hanna-Attisha, Arab America Contributing Writer This is a generation-defining moment for our nation. And it is no time for our community to be silent. I am a proud first-generation Iraqi American. My family is part of the international diaspora of Iraqi immigrants displaced over generations, particularly after the rise of Saddam Hussein … Continued
BY: Michelle Dermarkar/Contributing Writer An entire generation of children living in Flint, Michigan were being exposed to unsafe levels of lead until it was finally revealed by pediatrician, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha’s innovative research. When the city of Flint switched its water source from the Detroit River to the Flint River in April 2014, Flint’s children’s … Continued
By MONA HANNA-ATTISHA The New York Times Eighteen months ago, as a pediatrician here, I discovered that the untreated tap water corroding the city’s plumbing was poisoning our children with lead. State officials called my science faulty and accused me of creating hysteria. But I was right and persisted, and with brave parents, pastors, journalists … Continued
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