Even more forever chemicals

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🗓️ 5 July 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The chemical manufacturer 3M will pay $10 billion to settle claims it contaminated drinking water with “forever chemicals.” Good thing we already spoke with Barbara Moran, WBUR’s climate and environmental correspondent, who explained these non-stick chemicals that stick around forever. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Haleema Shah, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Forever chemicals are everywhere.
0:03.6	Okay, so the big one is drinking water.
0:08.7	You go into the bathroom.
0:10.0	It can be in soap, shampoo, conditioner, hand lotion, dental floss, which I hate because
0:16.9	then that's in your teeth, right?
0:18.4	Oh, they're in my teeth.
0:22.8	Cosmetics are really bad.
0:23.8	A lot of waterproof cosmetics, which is actually a deal breaker for a lot of women I
0:28.0	talk to.
0:29.1	The other big place is the kitchen.
0:30.6	Okay, nonstick cookware, take out containers, your food really high in a lot of fish.
0:38.3	And then in the living room, there might be like stain proofing on the carpet, stain proofing
0:42.8	on the upholstery, in the dust bunnies.
0:46.2	There's forever chemicals in the dust bunnies.
0:48.8	Yeah, and it's also in breast milk.
0:54.2	Coming up on today, explained the Biden administration wants to do something about
0:57.8	it.
1:02.8	Today explained Sean, Rommas, firm.
1:05.4	Back in April, we brought you an episode on forever chemicals because they're everywhere.
1:10.8	And just a few days ago, we got some historic news about these chemicals.
1:15.0	The chemical and manufacturing behemoth, 3M, reached a $10.3 billion settlement with a
1:23.2	ton of American cities and towns over claims at the company contaminated their drinking
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