In early 2016, Dr. Edwards testified twice before the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the crisis,[REF][REF] and was appointed to Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's Flint Water Interagency Coordinating Committee, to alleviate problems related to the water crisis [REF].
In 2016, Edwards gave an interview to The Chronicle of Higher Education arguing for scientists to work in the public interest [REF].