POISONING THE WELL

This is the shocking true life story of how PFAS a set of toxic chemicals most people have never heard of poisoned the entire country Based on original shoe leather reporting in four highly contaminated towns and damning documents from the polluters own files Poisoning the Well traces an ugly history of corporate greed and devastation of human lives We learn that PFAS the forever chemicals found in everyday products from cooking pans to mascara are coursing through the veins of 97 of Americans We witness the pain of families who lost sisters and daughters cousins and neighbors after PFAS leached into their drinking water We discover evidence that the makers of forever chemicals may have known for decades about the deadly risks of their products because their own scientists have been documenting these dangers since the 1960s And we see the failure of our government time after time to provide basic protections to its citizens It is impossible to read this searing exposé without being infuriated by the recklessness of corporate America But readers will also be awed by the spirit of ordinary people who while fighting for their own lives took it upon themselves to fix a broken regulatory system Heart wrenching and maddening stirring and uplifting Po