Today’s episode is a history of decades of greed and business corruption, a global consumption economy, and a vulnerable citizenship before the power of lobbys. In the coming months, thousands of households in Spain will receive an invitation to participate in a great scientific study. The objective is to trace a very specific and potentially dangerous type of chemical compound that is already present in practically the entire population. It is known as PFAS, there are thousands of variants, and are used to manufacture multitude of products around us: from pizzas boxes to non -stick pans or waterproof coats. For decades, there has been medical evidence that its accumulation in the body causes diseases, some very serious.
We speak with Ana Tudela and Antonio Delgado, founders of the Datadista journalistic project, who have investigated with other international media the strategies that have deployed the chemical industries for decades to hide the clinical evidence of the toxicity of these compounds and avoid their prohibition. With Algeria Castaño, researcher at the Carlos III Health Institute, and until recent .
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Related information: PFAS alert: 70 years of chemical industry that have already reached tap and your blood
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