In this week's episode, Jess covers the truly shocking story of the Dupont Chemical Company, teflon, and the West Virginia community that was being slowly poisoned. Find out what 98% of Americans have in their systems that will never go away, and how all of this was brought to light by a farmer, a corporate defense lawyer, and - you guessed it - science.
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Sources for this episode:
https://www.lowtoxlife.com/teflon/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytetrafluoroethylene
https://thegoodhuman.com/what-teflon-is-and-why-you-should-avoid-it/
https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/dark-waters-accuracy-fact-vs-fiction-teflon-dupont.html
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/environmentalhealth/84009
https://www.organicconsumers.org/blog/devil-we-know-how-dupont-poisoned-world-teflon
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10981177/dark-waters-true-story-film-mark-ruffalo-anne-hathaway/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-du-pont-lawsuit-west-virginia-idUSKBN15S18U
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/magazine/the-lawyer-who-became-duponts-worst-nightmare.html
Cookware: https://thegoodlifedesigns.com/healthy-non-toxic-cookware/
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