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  • Trailer: Safe to Drink

    Trailer: Safe to Drink
    Dec 13 2025
    A New Hampshire town finds out their water has been contaminated by a chemical. Their most basic question — whether the water is safe to drink — doesn’t have a clear answer. Nobody seems to know much about this so-called forever chemical, which is weird because… this has all happened before. From the Document team at New Hampshire Public Radio, “Safe to Drink” is a four-part series about the water contamination story that keeps repeating in town after town — and about the people who fought for answers through a maze of chemistry, regulations, and illnesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    3 min
  • 1: You don’t know about this?

    1: You don’t know about this?
    Jan 29 2026
    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
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    33 min
  • 2: A flash of genius

    2: A flash of genius
    Jan 29 2026
    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
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    47 min
  • 3: A gray world

    3: A gray world
    Jan 29 2026
    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
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    50 min
  • 4: The neighborly thing to do

    4: The neighborly thing to do
    Jan 29 2026
    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
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    46 min
  • A Special Announcement

    A Special Announcement
    Mar 31 2026
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 min