i saidid down with dr. monand began by asking her why she came to washington for the march. >> how couldld i not come toto washingtonon? how could you not be a part o of the march for science? in my everyday is a pediatrician, i am moved by science. i am guided by science and by the care of patients. the flint store is a story of science. it is a science to unravel thiss unbelievable tragedy. we need to believe in science. we need to invest in science. if not, we have the risk of seeing many more flints to come. amy: explain how you used a science to ever cover -- uncover what took place. >> ousted in my job as a pediatrician and as a researcher. what i heard about the possibility of lead in thehe wateter, i stoppeded sleeping. lead is damming for children and for generations to come. when i heard there was light on the water, i put on my research have to see if that was getting into the bodies of our children. and it was. instead of waiting to publicly find interview journals, we announce the findings becaususe

thank you dr. mona.of earth day. i'm also a six-year veteran after epa. and what is happening out of that building and at epa pisses me off. this is personal to me and my 15,000 former colleagues who i admire immensely. earth day is all about action and it is 2017. we need to move beyond changing our light bulbs and recycling our junk mail. your participation in these things today are exactly what we need, we need more of these and we need to stand strong. if there's one man who understands the power of science in action, it is our next speaker. dr. lin is a pioneer in harn establishing technology and citizen science to crowd sourcing discoveries in our world. he has traveled to the most remote corners of the planet and developed incredible new ways to use science and technology to understand, preserve and protect our common home. science marchers, join me in welcoming albert yuman lynn.. [ applause ] >> it is raining science! i'm albert lin and i am a scientist! what does that mean? to me, it means bein

[cheers] >> thanknk you, dr. mona. thank yoyou, dr. mona. my name is mari. wrong with our water. it was brown. and it smelleded weird and tastd gross. it wasas b burning my skin and giviving me and my family rashe. my family and mymy neighborsrs w something wass wrong, but the ststate did not want to believen signs. they did n not want to l listeno us. they said we were wrorong. finally, scientists proved our bad and that kids just like me were getting hurt. over 8000 kids under age six exposed to lead. listen to me. when we don't believe in science , and especially when our government doesn't t believe in signs, k kids get hurt. ththat is what happened in flin. for the sake of flint kids and for all over this world, i march for science. [cheers] >> hi, everyone. i am dan abrams. i am the global director of earth day. i am also a six-year veteran of epa. [cheers] and what is happening out of that building and at epa pisses me off. [cheers] and to myrsonal to me 15,000 former colleagues who i admire immensely. .arth day is all about action it is 2017. we need