[Video] How a small community fought for justice after finding forever chemicals in drinking water

By William Brangham and Frank Carlson | PBS News | November 13, 2025

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"Geoff Bennett:

So-called forever chemicals are both harmful to our health and are everywhere.

William Brangham profiles a new book that tells the story of how these extremely durable chemicals came to be so ubiquitous through the eyes of one small community in Upstate New York that decided to fight for some measure of justice.

William Brangham:

And this is him and his buddies?

Michael Hickey, Hoosick Falls, New York, Resident:

Yes. Yes, that was on one of the golf trips."