Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, or “PFAS”, has been in the news a lot lately. From the EPA’s proposed drinking water regulations to the $10.3 billion settlement to be paid by 3M, PFAS is starting to be recognized as a significant threat to our public health. But what you may not have heard is that the presence of PFAS in our environment is a major environmental justice issue as well. That is what our guest, Jahred Liddie, helps us understand on this episode.

Jahred Liddie is a PhD candidate in the Department of Environmental Health in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University. He specializes in PFAS contamination, particularly in community water systems, and the underlying environmental justice issues that result from exposure to PFAS. He stopped by the podcast to share his research on PFAS and to help us understand why PFAS exposure is an environmental justice concern.

Resources:
PFAS and Environmental Justice - J. Liddie et al., 2023

TIME Magazine: 3M's Historic $10 Billion 'Forever Chemical' Payout Is Just The Tip of the PFAS Iceberg


Proposed PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation by US Environmental Protection Agency

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