Navigating Information Overload and Seeking Solutions

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Navigating the complexity of information overload on substances like PFAS can be challenging at an individual level. However, meaningful change is more likely to occur at a regulatory level. Understanding the effects of substances like PFAS is essential to convince people of the severity of the issue and to initiate cleanup efforts. This ongoing research phase is crucial before effective solutions can be implemented.

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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