Safe to Drink

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A New Hampshire town finds out their water has been contaminated by a chemical. Their 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… this has all happened before. From the Document team at New Hampshire Public Radio, Safe to Drink is a four-part series about the 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.

Episodes

  1. 6D AGO

    Episode 1: You don’t know about this?

    A New Hampshire town finds out its water has been contaminated by a “forever chemical.” The source appears to be the nearby Saint-Gobain plant. Officials say the potential health effects are unclear, but most people can still drink the water. One resident doesn’t buy it and goes down a research rabbit hole. She soon learns all this has happened before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    33 min

  2. 6D AGO

    Episode 2: A flash of genius

    We go back in time to Hoosick Falls, New York where a man looks for answers after his father dies of cancer following his retirement from the local Saint-Gobain plant. What he finds changes the course of this whole story: a remarkable kind of chemical once used to help make the Atom Bomb that manufacturers knew could be dangerous for decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    47 min

  3. 6D AGO

    Episode 3: A gray world

    Former workers at Saint-Gobain’s New Hampshire plant share what they did — and didn’t — know about PFOA and its potential health effects. And how the chemical industry has worked to sow doubt to its own benefit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    50 min

  4. 6D AGO

    Episode 4: The neighborly thing to do

    When we’ve been exposed to something that could harm us, what are we supposed to do — as regulators, as doctors, as company executives, or as people just trying to live our lives? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    46 min

  5. 12/13/2025

    Coming soon: Safe to Drink

    A New Hampshire town finds out their water has been contaminated by a chemical. Their 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… this has all happened before. From the Document team at New Hampshire Public Radio, “Safe to Drink” is a four-part series about the 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    3 min

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A New Hampshire town finds out their water has been contaminated by a chemical. Their 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… this has all happened before. From the Document team at New Hampshire Public Radio, Safe to Drink is a four-part series about the 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.

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  • Channel
    NHPR
  • Creator
    NHPR
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © NHPR
  • Show Website
    Safe to Drink

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