The Poison Detectives
Canada's National ObserverA firefighter’s wife and a corporate lawyer in different parts of the U.S. get pulled into solving separate mysteries. Something was making cows die and deer haemorrhage to death in West Virginia. That same something could also be giving firefighters cancer – all over the country. When the lawyer and the firefighter’s wife met, they found out they were working on the same mystery. The mystery was ... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 6 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Categories | DocumentarySociety & CultureScience | ||||
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In this episode, everyone has given up on the regulators, who move slowly if at all. Lawsuits are filed by Diane Cotter’s husband Paul and his colleagues. The union, the International Association of Fire Fighters, sues the National Fire Protection As... more
We learn about the contamination of military bases in the U.S. and Canada from PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam. And how the foam residue has poisoned drinking water sources in both countries. We hear about one community in Quebec that was faced w... more
Lawyer Rob Bilott completes the promise he made to his grandmother and has to decide if he will go back to corporate law or continue to fight the multinational company, Dupont. He tries to get the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take over the... more
It begins with a memorial ceremony in Colorado for fallen firefighters. It used to be that firefighters died in fires or from inhaling toxic smoke. Today the majority die from cancer.
We meet a firefighter from Newfoundland who attended the ceremony... more
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Your podcast is informative and contains a lot of things from which we can get an idea of how people struggled to ban these harmful chemicals.
Apple Podcasts5AdiNautiyal
Canadaa year ago - Amazingly informative! (But terrifying at the same time)
As a “granola” type person for many, many years, you think you’re making all the right choices for your health and your family’s health, but the chemical companies are insidious, and their poisons are in so many things that you don’t even think of. Thanks for creating more anxiety! Fantastic podcast, looking forward to more investigations!
Apple Podcasts5LeafymeCanadaa year ago - True journalism
This is a very informative and eye opening perspective on the interworking of environmental regulation and the big corps. We all know it’s there but to get up close with good journalism is paramount for the change we so need.
Apple Podcasts5rebeccaluminaCanadaa year ago - Amazing journalism
5 star!
Apple Podcasts5*LCD*Canadaa year ago - Great podcast!
Regarding the fire fighters season. Wow, this brought back a far away memory:
In the late 80’s, early 90’s, I used to go to a friends cottage just outside Kingston Ont. To get to the cottage we would have to go through the DuP0nt security gates. We would have a great time catching the stuff in the water, that I now know was probably nylon strings in the water and in the air.
As we got older and had parties out there, a party goer was dared to climb the factory chimney stack or water tower. He... more
Apple Podcasts5ELMKIDCanadaa year ago
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