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Hi, I'm Lindsay Smith-Rogers, producer, Public Health On Call.

Today, guest host Shelley Hearn, Director of the Learner Center for Public Health Advocacy, I'm

Dr.

of the Lerner Center for Public Health Advocacy

brings us to the South Lawn of the White House

for a conversation with Catherine Flowers,

Environmental Justice Advocate, and a MacArthur Genius Award winner.

They talk about the state of sanitation structures in the U.S.

and the fact that we're starting to see hookworms and other public health issues here

that we usually associate with underdeveloped nations.

They also discuss Flowers' advocacy work bringing a local sanitation crisis to the national agenda.

Let's listen.

Catherine, I am so happy to be sitting on the south lawn of the White House with you.

I can only imagine that you're kind of pinching yourself.

Here we are.

Congratulations.

Well, thank you.

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