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EPISODE · Jul 26, 2026 · 14 MIN

S6E9 Persistent Organic Pollutants: The Chemicals That Outlived Their Purpose

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DDT was banned in 1972. PCBs in 1979. Yet in 2026, there are still fish you shouldn't eat from the Hudson River, and polar bears carrying chemical loads from factories thousands of kilometers away. What happens when a chemical outlives the problem it was built to solve.

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