Ep 118 Mini Failure 32 PFOA/C8 Contamination
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We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus. This week’s Mini Failure is about PFOA/C8 Contamination (Dupont Scandal). PFOA has been poisoning living creatures in the Ohio river basin for decades. One brave lawyer took on a huge corporation in this real life David and Goliath story. Original Air Date: December 12, 2022 Episode Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPont https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/dupont-lawsuits-re-pfoa-pollution-in-usa/ https://peri.umass.edu/toxic-100-air-polluters-index-current https://www.alleghenyfront.org/ohio-river-communities-are-still-coping-with-teflons-toxic-legacy/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:IARC_Group_2B_carcinogens https://www.cancer.org/healthy/cancer-causes/chemicals/teflon-and-perfluorooctanoic-acid-pfoa.html#:~:text=IARC%20has%20classified%20PFOA%20as,cause%20cancer%20in%20lab%20animals. Podcast - https://www.alleghenyfront.org/category/fullepisodes/ Ways to get in touch with us Email - [email protected] Website - www.failurology.ca
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