How Companies Respond to Information That Chemicals Are Bad for People

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Internal DuPont documents only now made public showed the company knew that of eight women working on the Teflon line in 1981 to had children with birth defects. And they knew in like animal tests that these chemicals had problems and they kept this information quiet for a long time. 3M has said they're going to phase them out completely by 2025.

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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