They Poisoned the World

Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals

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<b>“Riveting . . . Blake’s deft chronicle of one of the greatest moral scandals of our time [is] a book that none of us can afford to miss.”—<i>The Washington Post</i></b><br><br><b>A gripping investigation of the chemical industry’s decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals, told through the story of a small town on the frontlines of an epic public health crisis.</b><br><br><b>SHORTLISTED for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize • FINALIST for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, the <i>Los Angeles Times </i>Book Prize, the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime, and the National Association of Science Writers’ Science in Society Journalism Award</b><br><br><b>A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: <i>The Washington Post, Scientific American, The Progressive, Nieman Storyboard, CounterPunch</i></b><br><br>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.<br><br>In <i>They Poisoned the World</i>, 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

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EAN

9798217087099

Sprache

Englisch

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Taschenbuch

Maße

154 x 233 x 23 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Random House LLC US