"A landmark investigation of the chemical industry's decades-long campaign to hide the devastating effects of "forever chemicals," told through the story of a small town on the frontline of an epic public health crisis"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
ISBN:9781524760090
ISBN:1524760099
Physical Description:xvii, 296 pages ; 25 cm print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York : Crown, [2025]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-280) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A Bump in the Road -- Teflon town -- Lucifer's gas -- Exile to Devil's Island -- A catch-22 -- Biological dynamite -- Blood secrets -- The tipping point -- Welcome to beautiful Parkersburg, West Virginia -- A rock in the machine -- "They poisoned the world" -- The reckoning -- Cloud nine -- Dirty water, dirty deal -- Accidental activists -- What-ifs and worst-case scenarios -- Wall of resistance -- Victory -- To the ends of the world -- Epilogue.
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