They poisoned the world life and death in the age of forever chemicals

A landmark investigation of the chemical industry's decades-long campaign to hide the devastating effects of "forever chemicals," told through the story of a small town on the frontline of an epic public health crisis.

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Main Author: Blake, Mariah (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown, [2025]
Edition:[Hardcover edition].
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505 0 |a A bump in the road -- Teflon Town -- Lucifer's gas -- Exile to Devil's Island -- Catch-22 -- Biological dynamite -- Blood secrets -- The Tipping Point -- Welcome to beautiful Parkersburg, West Virginia -- A rock in the machine -- "They poisoned the world" -- The reckoning -- Cloud nine -- Dirty water, Dirty deal -- Accidental activists -- What-ifs and worst-case scenarios -- Wall of resistance -- Victory -- To the ends of the world. 
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