
MacArthur Fellows Program
Catherine Coleman Flowers
Environmental Health Advocate | Class of 2020
Bringing attention to failing water and waste sanitation infrastructure in rural areas and its role in perpetuating health and socioeconomic disparities.
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January 5, 2021
"“Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret” By: Catherine Coleman Flowers"
December 17, 2020
"Climate Change Raises the Risk from Failing Sewage Systems"
November 17, 2020
"How the Problem of ‘Waste’ Affects the Rural Poor"
November 17, 2020
"The 'Dirty Secret' Of Wastewater Failures in Lowndes County"
November 13, 2020
"Sewage Is Still ‘America’s Dirty Secret’"
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Please credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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