Are ‘Forever Chemicals’ a Forever Problem?

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.


Background reading: 


“Forever chemicals” are everywhere. What are they doing to
us?

The E.P.A. issued its rule about “forever chemicals” last
week.



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