How DuPont Poisoned West Virginia

Perfluorooctanoic acid, also known as C8, is found in thousands of household products, including carpeting, Teflon pans, waterproof clothes, dental floss, kitty litter and cosmetics. As early as 1954, companies which produced C8 knew that it might be toxic. Mariah Blake, a Murrey Marder Nieman Fellow in Watchdog Journalism at Harvard University, investigated DuPont’s history of manufacturing C8 and how it covered up the fact that it poisoned employees and residents who lived near the factory where C8 was produced. Her article for The Huffington Post is called Welcome to Beautiful Parkersburg, West Virginia.