The doctor who exposed elevated levels of lead in the bloodstream of children in Flint, Michigan, leading to a nationwide crisis that has lasted years, has compared it with the situation going on in southern California.
"It's a very similar story of environmental contamination, an environmental injustice," said Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha in a public health forum in Imperial Beach during the weekend. "My biggest message is to tell the residents that they are not alone," she added.
