Safe to Drink
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Bonus: Community Resilience
June 4, 2026 · 49 minHear more on the research into how "forever chemicals" impact our health and how communities can actually come together to face environmental threats like PFAS in this excerpt from the conversation at NHPR's 2026 Climate Summit. The…
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4: The neighborly thing to do
January 29, 2026 · 46 minWhen we’ve been exposed to something that could harm us, what are we supposed to do — as regulators, as doctors, as company executives, or as people just trying to live our lives? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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3: A gray world
January 29, 2026 · 50 minFormer workers at Saint-Gobain’s New Hampshire plant share what they did — and didn’t — know about PFOA and its potential health effects. And how the chemical industry has worked to sow doubt to its own benefit. Learn more about your ad…
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2: A flash of genius
January 29, 2026 · 47 minWe go back in time to Hoosick Falls, New York where a man looks for answers after his father dies of cancer following his retirement from the local Saint-Gobain plant. What he finds changes the course of this whole story: a remarkable kind…
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1: You don’t know about this?
January 29, 2026 · 33 minA New Hampshire town finds out its water has been contaminated by a “forever chemical.” The source appears to be the nearby Saint-Gobain plant. Officials say the potential health effects are unclear, but most people can still drink the…
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Trailer: Safe to Drink
December 13, 2025 · 3 minA New Hampshire town finds out their water has been contaminated by a chemical. Their most basic question — whether the water is safe to drink — doesn’t have a clear answer. Nobody seems to know much about this so-called forever chemical…