Exploring the health impacts of PFAS chemicals and the EPA's decision to regulate six PFAS chemicals due to concerns about their harmful effects. Includes an ad for Schwab investing themes and a message from investigative reporter Sue Craig on the importance of uncovering secrets and unethical behaviors.
The Environmental Protection Agency has begun for the first time to regulate a class of synthetic chemicals known as “forever chemicals” in America’s drinking water.
Kim Tingley, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, explains how these chemicals, which have been linked to liver disease and other serious health problems, came to be in the water supply — and in many more places.
Guest: Kim Tingley, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine.
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