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NEWS AND NOTES

ater treatment
expert
Marc
Edwards became
the most recent
recipient of the IEEE
Carl Barus Award for Outstanding Service in the Public Interest,
at a ceremony held in June as part
of the 2013 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS`13) in Toronto. The
award was presented at a cocktail
reception on the first evening of
ISTAS`13 by Luis Kun of SSIT.
Prof. Edwards was recognized
by IEEE-SSIT with the Barus
Award for his achievements over
the past two decades in exposing extreme levels of lead contamination in Washington, DC,
drinking water. for many years
the water quality problems were
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denied by U.S. Government agencies including the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) and the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
In 2004, The Washington Post
published articles drawing attention
to the problems. Edwards also testified before Congress in 2004. At
this point steps finally started to be
taken to address the severe contamination issues affecting the Washington DC public water supply.
Edwards is a civil engineer and
an environmental engineer and is
the Charles P. Lunsford Professor
of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech.
In accepting the award, Edwards
spoke eloquently and humbly about
how, difficult as his work was, he
was at least protected by the fact
that he held a tenured faculty position. Edwards pointed to the countless engineers who take bigger

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ALEXANDER HAYES

IEEE Carl Barus Award is
Presented to Marc Edwards

Marc Edwards, on right, accepts
the IEEE Carl Barus Award from
Luis Kun at ISTAS`13 in June 2013.

risks acting in the public interest,
who may not have the same level
of job security, and who often face
terrible financial hardship after
they become whistleblowers.
The IEEE Carl Barus Award was
established in 1978 by IEEE SSIT.
for more details on the award and
previous recipients of Barus Award,
please visit
http://ieeessit.org/about.asp?
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