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Marc Edwards, a civil and environmental engineer whose team documented lead contamination in the water supply of Flint, Mich., has been awarded the 2018 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Carol Fishman, 81, has nurtured a lifelong interest in science. As a nature enthusiast and bird-watcher who also is afflicted by asthma, she is concerned about air pollution and the impact humans are having on the global environment.