New Episode! Discussing the history of forever chemicals, how they may harm us and how companies like Dupont changed global business forever. With @mariahblake.bsky.social & @hervold.bsky.social iTunes: tinyurl.com/39273d7v More Links: tinyurl.com/yc5phvvw

Some of the world’s most powerful people are trying their hardest to turn Americans against each other. They’re doing it for their own benefit. For the love of God, don’t let them turn your neighbor into your enemy

Some of the world’s most powerful people are trying their hardest to turn Americans against each other. They’re doing it for their own benefit. For the love of God, don’t let them turn your neighbor into your enemy

I'm really looking forward to speaking alongside so many authors I admire at @texasbookfest. I hope to see some you there! #PFAS #ForeverChemicals #NarrativeNonfiction texasbookfestival.org

A snippet from yesterday's conversation Your Call on @kalwradio.bsky.social. #PFAS #ForeverChemicals #Plastic #ADHD @crownpublishing.bsky.social

A snippet from yesterday's conversation Your Call on @kalwradio.bsky.social. #PFAS #ForeverChemicals #Plastic #ADHD @crownpublishing.bsky.social

The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans. And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.

“What happened here in Curry county, New Mexico, can happen in any town in USA, so we should all pay attention because it’s your water and your family next.” #PFAS www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NEW: Republicans in Congress are pushing a "sweeping repeal" of hard-won measures to protect service members, veterans, and military communities from #PFAS contamination, which is rampant on U.S. military bases. #ForeverChemicals www.ewg.org/news-insight...

It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu x.com/dr_demetre/s...

NEW: Republicans in Congress are pushing a "sweeping repeal" of hard-won measures to protect service members, veterans, and military communities from #PFAS contamination, which is rampant on U.S. military bases. #ForeverChemicals www.ewg.org/news-insight...

“What happened here in Curry county, New Mexico, can happen in any town in USA, so we should all pay attention because it’s your water and your family next.” #PFAS www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...

This is important: At least *172 million* Americans are drinking water that's polluted with toxic #PFAS, according to new @EPA data. That more than 1/2 the total U.S. population, and a large share of water supplies have yet to be tested. #ForeverChemicals #Plastic 1/ www.ewg.org/interactive-...

We are getting closer and closer to confirming @dqasci.bsky.social's estimate of 200 million Americans with PFAS in their water

@democracynow.org & @mariahblake.bsky.social | Democracy Now!: "'They Poisoned the World': The Corporate Cover-Up & Fightback Against PFAS, 'Forever Chemicals'" | #DuPont #NewJersey #MariahBlake #AtomicBomb www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rykp...

This is important: At least *172 million* Americans are drinking water that's polluted with toxic #PFAS, according to new @EPA data. That more than 1/2 the total U.S. population, and a large share of water supplies have yet to be tested. #ForeverChemicals #Plastic 1/ www.ewg.org/interactive-...

Calling all scientists and science supporters! You have a crucial role to play in countering the authoritarian threat we currently face in this country. Learn more about how you can stand up for the facts and truth that are essential for a free and democratic society. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...

The share of college-educated women age 25-44 working full time increased to 73%, from 64% over the past two decades. Non-college women's participation in the workforce increased by a single percentage point to 53% over that same period via @emilypeck.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/08/03/w...

Thanks to @rebecca-altman.bsky.social for reminding us not to lose hope 🙏

I’m heartbroken for my child and for all the world’s children. We had a historic opportunity to protect them, and we failed. #PlasticsTreaty #plastic #PFAS www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I wrote about @mariahblake.bsky.social eye-opening new book for the @nucleartimes.bsky.social It reveals how forever chemicals we live with today are another deadly byproduct of the atomic bomb. She leaves no doubt that the scientists and government were well aware of the danger they had unleashed.

A people's history of forever plastics: invention, toxic impact on humans & all living things, grassroots organizing for environmental protections, & how DuPont/ U.S. gov't suppressed truth, including Red Scare tactics. Beautifully written narrative history: www.zinnedproject.org/materials/th...

Today, I got to talk about the fascinating (and horrifying) secret history forever chemicals with a journalist I admire deeply, Amy Goodman of @democracynow. Please watch and share! #PFAS @crownpublishing.bsky.social

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PFAs “are not just for all time, they are also for all places,” writes Juli Berwald in her review of @mariahblake.bsky.social’s new book. “From the tissues of orcas to the dust on the Tibetan plateau, and in the bodies of nearly every person on Earth. There is no escape, anywhere.”

Bravo!

Big news: New Jersey has reached a $2 billion deal with DuPont and other companies to settle claims they contaminated the state with toxic #PFAS. NJ officials call it the “largest environmental settlement” ever awarded to a single state. whyy.org/articles/new...

"The astonishing story of this cover-up." Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @mariahblake.bsky.social & @crownpublishing.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

In her new book, “They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals,” investigative journalist @mariahblake.bsky.social unearths the history, uses, and misuses of PFAS, which have been linked to any number of deleterious health effects in humans, including cancer.

This is important. A new study finds alarming levels of forever chemicals in "green" menstrual products like period underwear and menstrual cups. #pfas www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/h...

Big news: After nearly a decade, DuPont has agreed to settle a class-action suit brought by the people of Hoosick Falls, NY, the community I spent years following for my book. All told, the village's roughly 3,000 residents will receive about $90 million in damages. #PFAS #ForeverChemicals

A new study finds #PFAS exposure is linked to increased risk of repeated miscarriage. Nearly half of all Americans are known to be drinking water that's polluted with these chemicals. They're also widespread in consumer products and our food supply. www.ehn.org/pfas-recurre...

Psyched to see THEY POISONED THE WORLD on @RalphNader's list of books to read this summer! www.counterpunch.org/2025/07/14/s... #PFAS #ForeverChemicals @crownpublishing.bsky.social @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social

Because of how popular my book recs list was, I'm adding a monthly list of books I'm looking forward to for my newsletter, Beyond Curie. RIP your TBR. Today's list includes @mariahblake.bsky.social Sarah Boon @starrevartan.bsky.social Ambika Kamath & Melina Packer open.substack.com/pub/oliviaca...

Big news: After nearly a decade, DuPont has agreed to settle a class-action suit brought by the people of Hoosick Falls, NY, the community I spent years following for my book. All told, the village's roughly 3,000 residents will receive about $90 million in damages. #PFAS #ForeverChemicals

Tragedy in Texas hill country, where 4 months’ worth of rain in just four hours caused Guadalupe River levels to spike 30 feet in just an hour and a half - in the middle of the night. Two dozen are dead in the resulting floods and another 20 young campers still missing. apnews.com/article/texa...

Please watch and share this story about Amara Strande, the incredible young woman behind Minnesota’s blanket ban on forever chemicals in consumer products. It is heartbreaking but also deeply inspiring. #PFAS

Thanks to Apple New for this engrossing, timely podcast about THEY POISONED THE WORLD, the astonishing secret history forever chemicals, and the powerful movement of ordinary citizens who are fighting to turn off the tap on these chemicals. 1/ @crownpublishing.bsky.social apple.news/AejdJGBQWQNC...

"PFAS are extremely toxic, even in the most minuscule doses... They pollute the bodies of virtually every person on the planet. Once inside us, they stay there like a ticking time bomb of disease." Just started @mariahblake.bsky.social's jaw-dropping new book. A gripping, terrifying read.

The great @mariahblake.bsky.social has written a powerful new book about the campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals. The Washington Post called it “riveting,” a “deft chronicle of one of the greatest moral scandals of our time,” and “a book that none of us can afford to miss.”

Photos by Ansel Adams documenting the rise of the plastics industry in the mid 20th century

We are in the midst of the broadest attack on civil rights in a century and Trump may be ushering in an era of unchecked discrimination. My essay in today’s New York Times Magazine. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...

Absolutely fantastic new book by @mariahblake.bsky.social -- it was the (sobering) delight of some time off this week to finish "They Poisoned the World." For anyone who wonders what dogged environmental journalism is, look no further than Blake's footnote section -- a thing of absolute glory!

Tax renewable energy, subsidize fossil fuels. We’re blithely courting global catastrophe. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/c...

Hello, Santa Fe!

New at @searchlightnm.bsky.social: our own Molly Montgomery spoke with @mariahblake.bsky.social, author of “They Poisoned the World,” an important new book about the history and toxic legacy of “forever chemicals.” (Which were an outgrowth of the Manhattan Project.) searchlightnm.org/new-mexico-p...

Finished this a few days ago and it's been on my mind ever since. It is a very well written and devastating look at the damage industry has done and continues to do to the world we will pass on to future generations.