Susan Lee
Senior Specialist, Data Analysis and Visualization, Science Office
Susan Lee provides her expertise in data analysis, data visualization, and GIS to protect the environment and promote clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. She also supports efforts in defending the Clean Water Act, promoting water conservation, and preserving Alaska's lands, waters, and wildlife. Lee holds a bachelor's degree in science of Earth systems with a focus on biogeochemistry from Cornell University and an MPS in information visualization from Maryland Institute College of Art. She is based in NRDC’s Washington, D.C., office.
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How Missing Water System Boundaries Affect Our Communities
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The lack of public water system boundary information in the United States puts public health at risk.
CA PFAS Pollution Widespread in Disadvantaged Communities
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A report published by NRDC, along with its partners Community Water Center, Physicians for Social Responsibility – Los Angeles, and Clean Water Action, finds that drinking water throughout California is contaminated with harmful PFAS chemicals, particularly in already overburdened communities.
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Dirty Water: Toxic “Forever” PFAS Chemicals Are Prevalent in the Drinking Water of Environmental Justice Communities
ReportCaliforniaAvinash Kar, Dr. Anna Reade, Susan Lee
Action is urgently needed to protect Californian communities—especially those already overburdened with cumulative exposure to multiple different types of pollution—from this ubiquitous chemical.