Today Explained is back with Barbra Moran from WBUR and I asked her an obvious question. Why not just replace these dang forever chemicals with something less toxic? Okay so well this is part of the problem right? The companies that make it they're like okay we'll take out this bad stuff but then they put in some other stuff. It's not really regulated. We're worried are they just putting in another bad thing. That's the problem it's all too fun. A. Finding a way to actually destroy this stuff when we're done with it. B. Helping people limit their exposure to it. Getting out of people's drinking water.
The chemical manufacturer 3M will pay $10 billion to settle claims it contaminated drinking water with “forever chemicals.” Good thing we already spoke with Barbara Moran, WBUR’s climate and environmental correspondent, who explained these non-stick chemicals that stick around forever.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Haleema Shah, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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