“Poisoning the Well,” a new book by Sharon Udasin and Rachel Frazin, traces the history of PFAS, a set of toxic substances known as “forever chemicals” that are used in a wide range of everyday products. With support from the Fund, the journalists obtained records from polluters and zeroed in on four highly contaminated towns to show the extent of harm the toxins have caused. Udasin and Frazin delved into what the manufacturers of these chemicals knew and when, as well as what the government knew and when, and why it has taken so long to get these chemicals under control.
New grantee book documents extent and impact of ‘forever chemicals’ in the U.S.
