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245 10 They poisoned the world :|blife and death in the age of 
       forever chemicals /|cMariah Blake. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bCrown,|c[2025] 
300    xvii, 296 pages ;|c25 cm 
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353    index|bindex|0http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/msupplcont/
       index 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-280) and 
       index. 
505 0  Author's note -- Preface -- A bump in the road -- Teflon 
       town -- Lucifer's gas -- Exile to Devil's Island -- A 
       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 -- Notes -- Acknowledgments 
       -- Index. 
520    "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"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
520    "In 2014, after losing several friends and relatives to 
       cancer, an unassuming insurance underwriter in Hoosick 
       Falls, New York, began to suspect that the local water 
       supply was polluted. When he tested his tap water, he 
       discovered dangerous levels of forever chemicals. This set
       off a chain of events that led to 100 million Americans 
       learning their drinking water was tainted. Although the 
       discovery came as a shock to most, the U.S. government and
       the manufacturers of these toxic chemicals--used in 
       everything from lipstick and cookware to children's 
       clothing--had known about their hazards for decades. In 
       They Poisoned the World, investigative journalist Mariah 
       Blake tells the astonishing story of this cover-up, 
       tracing its roots back to the Manhattan Project and 
       through the postwar years, as industry scientists 
       discovered that these chemicals refused to break down and 
       were saturating the blood of virtually every human being. 
       By the 1980s, manufacturers were secretly testing their 
       workers and finding links to birth defects, cancer, and 
       other serious diseases. At every step, the industry's 
       deceptions were aided by our government's appallingly lax 
       regulatory system--a system that has made us all guinea 
       pigs in a vast, uncontrolled chemistry experiment. Drawing
       on years of on-the-ground reporting and tens of thousands 
       of documents, Blake interweaves the secret history of 
       forever chemicals with the moving story of how a lone 
       village took on the chemical giants--and won. From the 
       beloved local doctor to the young mother who took her 
       fight all the way to the nation's capital, citizen 
       activists in Hoosick Falls and beyond have ignited the 
       most powerful grassroots environmental movement since 
       Silent Spring. Humane and revelatory, this book will 
       provoke outrage--and hopefully inspire the change we need 
       to protect the health of every American for generations to
       come."--|cJacket. 
650  0 Environmental health|zNew York (State)|zHoosick Falls
       |vCase studies. 
650  0 Chemical industry|xEnvironmental aspects|zNew York (State)
       |zHoosick Falls|vCase studies. 
650  0 Perfluorinated chemicals|xHealth aspects|zNew York (State)
       |zHoosick Falls|vCase studies. 
650  0 Water|xPollution|xToxicology|zNew York (State)|zHoosick 
       Falls|vCase studies. 
650  0 Contamination (Technology)|vCase studies. 
650  7 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues.|2bisacsh 
650  7 SCIENCE / Environmental Science.|2bisacsh 
650  7 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing.
       |2bisacsh 
650  7 Environmental health|vCase studies.|2sears 
650  7 Chemical industry|vCase studies.|2sears 
650  7 Water pollution|vCase studies.|2sears 
655  2 Case Reports 
655  7 Case studies.|2lcgft 
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