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Join author Mariah Blake for a compelling discussion about her new book, They Poisoned the World. Mariah will be in conversation with Brendan Lyons of the Times Union and several Hoosick Falls residents.

This event is free and open to the public and all members of the community.

ABOUT THE BOOK

They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals is a landmark investigation of the chemical industry’s decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals told through the story of Hoosick Falls and its successful fight for clean drinking water. You can read more about it here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554198/they-poisoned-the-world-by-mariah-blake/

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mariah Blake is an investigative journalist whose writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Mother Jones, The New Republic, The New York Times, and other publications. She was a Murrey Marder Nieman Fellow in Watchdog Journalism at Harvard University. As part of her book research, she spent eight years following the Hoosick Falls story.

ABOUT THE HOST

Brendan J. Lyons is a managing editor for the Times Union overseeing the Capitol Bureau and investigations. Lyons joined the Times Union in 1998 as a crime reporter before being assigned to the investigations team. He became editor of the investigations team in 2013 and began overseeing the Capitol Bureau in 2017. It was Lyons who broke the story of the water contamination in Hoosick Falls back in 2016.

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