Are ‘Forever Chemicals’ a Forever Problem?

The Environmental Protection Agency has begun for the first time to regulate a class of synthetic chemicals known as “forever chemicals” in America’s drinking water.
Kim Tingley, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, explains how these chemicals, which have been linked to liver disease and other serious health problems, came to be in the water supply - and in many more places.
Guest: Kim Tingley (www.nytimes.com/by/kim-tingley) , a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine.
Background reading:
• “Forever chemicals” are everywhere. What are they doing to us? (www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/ma...)
• The E.P.A. issued its rule about “forever chemicals” (www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/cl...) last week.
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-t...) . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

[@timfuji3796]

Her voice is having a rough day

[@anayalater34]

I'm sorry but it sounds like she's on the verge of tears and also smiling at the same time😂

[@gaardendan]

The vocal fry made me stop, take a break and come back several times before I could get through it. Painful

[@Eurydice870]

Me too. She needs voice lessons. 😢

[@Esaucccccee]

I think the PFAS fried her vocals 😢

[@bernardzsikla5640]

Although I do agree with the theme of the podcast and ruling of the EPA, I would prefer this information transmitted thru serious investigative journalism. You know, like we were all taught in high school, the who, what where, when. As in; how many employees were exposed, for how long, and at what % higher of illness rate than a common American end consumer. Journalism 101.

[@dgwalsh]

I'm in agreement but I wonder if this is more of the summary/highlights (given the allotted time of a podcast) vs. the published article(s) in the NYT. I don't know if that exists but I have to imagine it does.

[@Eurydice870]

I, for one, would like to know iif there is a class action suit.

[@brian5001]

No the liabilities were sold to shell companies many years ago by 3M and Dupont. I'm sure their coverage on this topic is as reliable as their coverage of Vietnam and WMD were.

[@crosnest4969]

I love the Daily, and no offense to the reporter, but read the comments.. The vocal fry is very distracting.. Maybe something can be done in post to minimize it. Great reporter, vocal fry is not a dialect, it is an affectation..

[@Zellis666]

Redrum. Redrum.

[@dgwalsh]

incredible reporting. horrendous vocal fry 🐸

[@tonebenderx]

"Horrendous"? Interesting way to describe a woman's voice.

[@brianjackson8053]

it was very bad. Makes it very hard to listen and take that girl seriously.

[@dgwalsh]

@@brianjackson8053 Such comprehensive reporting...but it got to the point where I was hearing the vocal fry more than actual details of the reporting.

[@sschrybu]

There's something wrong with Kim's voice in this podcast.

[@kahlilbt]

Whining about vocal fry is so 1999, and the lowest form of intellectualism. Learn to hear what they're saying instead of crying about her accent?

[@michaelmoskowitz3212]

Much more important issue than climate change…