Upcoming Author Program Explores Impact of "Forever Chemicals"

EAST BRUNSWICK—Did you know that PFAs—a set of toxic chemicals most people have never heard of—are found in tons of everyday products ranging from cooking pans to mascara? East Brunswick native Sharon Udasin explores their deadly impact in her book Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America.

She is also the special guest for an Option Green lecture on Wednesday, September 24 at 7:00 pm, at the East Brunswick Public Library (2 Jean Walling Civic Center Drive).

Poisoning the Well is the shocking true-life story of how PFAs entered the marketplace and are now coursing through the veins of 97% of Americans. The book shares the pain of families who lost sisters and daughters, cousins, and neighbors, after PFAs leached into their drinking water. It also examines evidence that the makers of forever chemicals may have known for decades about the deadly risks of their products—because their own scientists have been documenting these dangers since the 1960s.

Udasin is an environment reporter, based in Boulder, Colorado, who has been delving into water contamination and conservation issues for fifteen years. She was a Ted Scripps Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado Boulder and has reported for The Hill, The Jerusalem Post and The New York Jewish Week.

Additional information about the program can be found online at https://tinyurl.com/eb9242025. It can be attended at the library or online. In-person attendees can participate in a book raffle to receive a copy of Udasin’s book.

This program is part of the award-winning Option Green series. Co-sponsored by the East Brunswick Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission and the East Brunswick Friends of the Library, the series tackles environmental and sustainability issues.