Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America Online
Award-winning environmental journalist Sharon Udasin traces the shocking true-life story of how PFAS—a set of toxic chemicals most people have never heard of—poisoned the entire country. Based on her original reporting in four highly contaminated locations, she traces an ugly history of corporate greed and devastation of human lives.
But she also offers hope through the awe-inspiring account of ordinary people who, while fighting for their own lives, took it upon themselves to fix a broken regulatory system.
- Date:
- Thursday, September 18, 2025
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8nxQrx5zT520fTunotfSdg
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Author Talks Book Discussion Learning and Creating
Sponsored by the Bloomfield Trust as part of the Nashua Reads: One City, One Book program.
About the Author: Sharon has been reporting on water issues for 15 years. She received her BA from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007 and MS from Columbia J-School in 2008. Sharon was selected for a Ted Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism for the 2019-2020 academic year, and earned a SEAL Environmental Journalism Award in 2023.