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Location: ENR2 Room S225 (1064 E. Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ) & Zoom
In this co-sponsored ENVS Colloquium seminar, award-winning environment reporter Sharon Udasin will present her new book, Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America, which traces an ugly history of corporate greed, military impunity and community devastation, based on original reporting in four highly contaminated places. She will speak about the people who, while fighting for their health and facing threats to their lives, have taken action to fix a broken regulatory system. Udasin will also divulge how manufacturers were aware of the deadly risks for decades, while also offering some hope for the future — shedding light on the science that is now breaking down bonds that were for so long deemed unbreakable.
Sharon Udasin is an environmental journalist and co-author of Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America. Based in Boulder, Colorado, she has been delving into water contamination and conservation issues for 15 years. Sharon was first introduced to the PFAS problem by colleagues in 2019-2020 as a Ted Scripps Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado Boulder. Since completing the fellowship, she has covered US West climate issues for The Hill. A graduate of both the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Journalism School, Sharon also received a SEAL Environmental Journalism Award in 2023 and has reported for numerous publications throughout her career.
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