3M has said they're going to phase them out completely by 2025. When do people learn about the negative effects of PFAS, if not right now on this show? Oh, God, they have to know by now. This is all I talk about. So I would hope so.
The Biden administration has new plans to reduce the amount of PFAS or “forever chemicals” in America’s drinking water. Barbara Moran, WBUR’s climate and environmental correspondent, explains why that will only get us so far.
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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