Mona Hanna-Attisha
| Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha | |
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| Born |
Mona Hanna 1976 (age 40–41) Sheffield, England |
| Alma mater |
University of Michigan (B.S., M.P.H) Michigan State University (M.D.) |
| Occupation | Pediatrician and professor |
| Employer |
Hurley Medical Center (pediatrician) Michigan State University (professor) |
| Known for | Uncovering the Flint Water Crisis |
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Mona Hanna-Attisha (born 1976) is a pediatrician and public health advocate who was a key whistleblower revealing the Flint Water Crisis which exposed children to dangerous levels of lead in Flint, Michigan. She is commonly referred to as "Dr. Mona".
On September 24, 2015, in a press conference at Flint's Hurley Medical Center, Hanna-Attisha revealed that Flint children's blood lead levels doubled after the water was switched from the Detroit River to the Flint River in April 2014.
Hanna-Attisha conducted her research after talking to a high-school friend, Elin Warn Betanzo, a former Environmental Protection Agency Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water employee and water engineer. Betanzo told Hanna-Attisha that Marc Edwards, a water engineer and professor from Virginia Tech University and his team of Flint Water Study researchers, found high levels of lead in Flint residents' homes. Even though Hanna-Attisha was not provided the data she sought from the State of Michigan, she used hospital electronic medical records as data for her study.
At a risk to her career, Hanna-Attisha revealed her findings at the September 24, 2015 press conference before her research was scientifically peer reviewed, because of the public health implications. Hanna-Attisha's findings were later published in the American Journal of Public Health. Hanna Attisha’s findings were confirmed in a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in July 2016.
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