Mariah Blake is an investigative journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, and The New Republic. She was a Murrey Marder Nieman Fellow in Watchdog Journalism at Harvard University. Blake is the author of the recently published, They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals. The book investigates the chemical industry's decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals, the courageous individuals who sued these corporations, and the precautions each of us can take to protect ourselves in a polluted world.
Recorded 6/4/25.
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