S5E10 Heavy Metal

Mercury travels across continents. Lead stays in the ground for centuries. Cadmium accumulates in soil for decades before it shows up in your food. In this episode, we trace three metals that helped build the modern world and what they left behind. From French farmland to Nigerian recycling yards to Indigenous fishing communities in the Amazon, the story of heavy metals is not about industrial accidents. It's about what happens when the cost of a decision never reaches the people who made it.