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| Title Statement | They poisoned the world: life and death in the age of forever chemicals / Mariah Blake. |
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| Author | Blake, Mariah |
| Publication | New York: Crown,[2025]©2025 |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Extent of Item | xvii, 296 pages ; |
| ISBN | 9781524760090 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr07930178 |
| Contents | 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 --Epilogue. |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary | "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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| By Topic | Chemical industry--Case studies--Environmental aspects--New York (State)--Hoosick Falls |
| Contamination (Technology)--Case studies--New York (State)--Hoosick Falls | |
| Environmental health--Case studies--New York (State)--Hoosick Falls | |
| Perfluorinated chemicals--Case studies--Health aspects--New York (State)--Hoosick Falls | |
| Water--Case studies--Pollution--Toxicology--New York (State)--Hoosick Falls | |
