Ep. 23 Forever Chemicals

In the second piece in our series on plastics, we're discussing PFAs (Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances): a type of so called "Forever Chemical" that are in a remarkable breadth of consumer products, and, increasingly, our food, water, and blood. On today's episode we discuss what these substances are, why the use of them is growing, and what's being done to address these materials and the plastics that they are in. We're joing by Jenny Gitlitz (Director of Solutions to Plastic Pollution at Beyond Plastics), Brandy Deason (Climate Justice Coordinator of Plastic Pollution at Air Alliance Houston), and Dr. Michael S. Wong (Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemcial and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University) to discuss this problem and potential solutions.