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Canada's National Observer
The Poison Detectives
A firefighter’s wife and a corporate lawyer in different parts of the U.S. get pulled into solving separate mysteries. Something was making cows die and deer haemorrhage to death in West Virginia. That same something could also be giving firefighters cancer – all over the country. When the lawyer and the firefighter’s wife met, they found out they were working on the same mystery. The mystery was caused by a man-made chemical that environmental regulators should have known about but didn’t. A chemical that is said to be so toxic it is unclear if any contact with it is safe. The chemical was...
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4.8 stars from 135 ratings
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“Your podcast is informative and contains a lot of things from which we can get an idea of how people struggled to ban these harmful chemicals.”
AdiNautiyal via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
09/21/24
“As a “granola” type person for many, many years, you think you’re making all the right choices for your health and your family’s health, but the chemical companies are insidious, and their poisons are in so many things that you don’t even think of. Thanks for creating more anxiety! Fantastic...”Read full review »
Leafyme via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
08/16/24
True journalism
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“This is a very informative and eye opening perspective on the interworking of environmental regulation and the big corps. We all know it’s there but to get up close with good journalism is paramount for the change we so need.”
rebeccalumina via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
05/10/24
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