Safe to Drink, Episode 1: You don’t know about this?
After discovering “forever chemicals” in their water, officials in a small NH town say it’s still safe to drink. One resident doesn’t buy it and goes down a research rabbit hole.
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Show Notes
A New Hampshire town finds out its water has been contaminated by a chemical. The most basic question — whether the water is safe to drink — doesn’t have a clear answer. Nobody seems to know much about this so-called forever chemical, which is weird… because all of this has all happened before.
From the Document team at New Hampshire Public Radio, Safe to Drink is a four-part series about a water contamination story that keeps repeating in town after town — and about the people who fought for answers through a maze of chemistry, regulations, and illnesses.
You can binge the whole series now: subscribe to Safe to Drink on Apple Podcasts, or check out their page on NHPR’s website.
Reported by Mara Hoplamazian. For full credits and transcript, visit outsideinradio.org.
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