Safe to Drink, Episode 1: You don’t know about this?

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 (podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/safe-to-drink/id…), or check out their page on NHPR’s website (nhpr.org/nhpr-presents-safe-to-drink).

Reported by Mara Hoplamazian. For full credits and transcript, visit outsideinradio.org.

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