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Podcast: This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro
Episode: Clean Water Update: The Fight Against Forever Chemicals In Akron
Description: What if you found out there are chemicals so toxic and dangerous that even just 10 barrels full of it could pollute all of Lake Erie?
Well, it turns out; there are, and they're in our environment, pretty much everywhere–from your Teflon coated frying pan, to the grease-resistant pizza box sitting on your kitchen counter. Oh, and speaking of kitchen counters; you know that stuff you use to seal the granite every year or so? Yeah, they're in that too.
But, the type of chemicals that are used to makel those things, along with other ubiquitous and useful products like ban...