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TED Talks: Season 2017

2017x85 Siddhartha Roy: Science in service to the public good
TV-PG

  • 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z on YouTube
  • 15m
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
We give scientists and engineers great technical training, but we're not as good at teaching ethical decision-making or building character. Take, for example, the environmental crisis that recently unfolded in Flint, Michigan -- and the professionals there who did nothing to fix it. Siddhartha Roy helped prove that Flint's water was contaminated, and he tells a story of science in service to the public good, calling on the next generation of scientists and engineers to dedicate their work to protecting people and the planet.
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