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Albany Georgia flood March 2020.

Sarah Jefferies at the Flint River by the Albany Civics Center

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Woman in housecoat fishing at Flint River, 1979 June

Photo: Paul Kwilecki

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The Flint River is high

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11-year-old inspired by Flint water crisis creates new way to test lead

An 11-year-old girl inspired by the Flint, Mich., water crisis has been named “America’s Top Young Scientist” after she developed a device that can quickly detect lead levels in water.

❤ Congrats and thx Gitanjali Rao. #ScienceMatters

“I had been following the Flint, Michigan, issue for about two years. I was appalled by the number of people affected by lead contamination in water and I wanted to do something to change this.” 

She said she found a way to help solve the problem while browsing the MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering’s website, a site she said she checks weekly to see “if there’s anything new.” 

When Gitanjali was named one of 10 finalists in the 2017 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge earlier this year, she was able to partner with a 3M scientist to help develop her innovation.

The result is Tethys, a sensor-based device designed to detect lead in water faster than other techniques currently on the market.

"It's not hyperbole to say she really blew us out of the water. The other nine kids, they were also such amazing kids, so for her to stand out the way she did with a peer group like this is like an exclamation point on top of it.” 

“She is the kind of young person that we can all look forward to what she’s going to do for society."

- Dr. Brian Barnhart, an Illinois school superintendent and one of the seven 3M judges. 

She was named the grand prize winner and received a $25,000 prize.

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The Riverfront (2016)

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Went fishing on the Flint river today. 🎣

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