Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
Amazing story. And the conflicts among 3M 's own scientists–the need to know, but not know, and what that means for the people doing the work, how it just breaks them and spits them out. This is obviously not limited to a few bad companies–it is baked into the corporate landscape. It is a big reason young people are not excited about “growing” our sick economy. What’s in it for people? Poison and humiliation and kill your own values so Grandpa can retire.