Episode 19

Jon Swan is the founder of Save Forest Lake in the North Country of New Hampshire.  Save Forest Lake is fighting to preserve the pristine water, air, and soil for future generations by taking on a proposed landfill, challenging setbacks, initiating zoning and getting involved in political decision-making.

Save Forest Lake invites everyone to join them at 10:45 AM on the steps of the capitol building in Concord on September 15th, 2022 (wearing blue for the water) to urge a veto override that would protect their water from becoming polluted by a proposed Casella landfill.

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 Episode 17

Rachael Zoe Miller is an expedition scientist, inventor, National Geographic Explorer and Explorers Club Fellow working to protect the ocean. She is the Founder of Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean, a nonprofit working on the problem of marine debris, co-inventor/CEO of the Cora Ball.

Rachael captained the 60’ sailing research vessel, American Promise. She has lead teams on expeditions whose scientific results are published in peer-reviewed journals and education programs that inspire thousands of people of all ages.

Click for links to related resources:
Clothes Dryers and Microplastics paper,
TED x Lowell talk/video,
Marine debris Data Card used by citizen scientists, 
Microfiber School Activity Handout,
Nat Geo Expeditions and CSI for the Ocean, (Oct 1-24, 2022)  
Sign-up for Ship-to-Shore educational experience.

Instagram handles:
@rachaelzoemiller
@thecoraball
@rozaliaproject

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Episode 16

Laurene Allen is a clinical social worker who also became a citizen activist in 2016 when she and her community of Merrimack, NH learned they had been exposed to PFAS in their drinking water for 15-20 years from the Saint-Gobain factory (formerly called Chemfab).  Laurene co-founded Merrimack Citizens for Clean Water as they sorted through the sad realities of what extended exposures mean to public health. 
  
The scope of the problems with PFAS far exceeded her small town and Laurene joined other community leaders around the nation to co-found the National PFAS Contamination Coalition, to help people learn to use the available resources to learn about PFAS and protect themselves, with the support of others who understand and can share their roadmap.  

It is traumatic for communities to learn they have been exposed, and are sick or waiting for worried about getting sick and protecting their loved ones.  Laurene recommends that each household get a reverse osmosis water filter for drinking water, and directs people to these resources:
For stress: ATSDR
For community support and solidarity: NPCC
In the Merrimack area: MCFCW
And on this site's page: WMW Resources

Merrimack's PFAS water contamination story was documented, along with three similar towns, in the 2019 movie called Bad Water. Small Towns. Deaf Ears.  Director Victor Pytko says it's "Everything you need to know about PFAS, but don't know how to ask." Laurene is one of the featured activists in the film.

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