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How do communities come together to face environmental threats, like PFAS chemicals? Join us for NHPR's annual Climate Summit. Host Mara Hoplamazian has the scoop on what you can expect at the event. For tickets and more information, click here [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nhpr-by-degrees-climate-summit-community-resilience-tickets-1983561819799?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true&_gl=1*bcvkhy*_gcl_au*MTE4NTE1NjEzNS4xNzY5NDQ3NTk3*_ga*ODE1MDA2NzQ2LjE3NDU4NDYwMzQ.*_ga_WW21GLDX27*czE3NzQyODgyMzckbzMwOSRnMSR0MTc3NDI4ODIzOCRqNTkkbDAkaDg0NjE1NDI0Nw..]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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 [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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 [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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 [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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 [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]