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Inside America Carpet Capital : An Empire and Its Toxic Legacy | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site
The Georgia carpet industry's long use of PFAS, known as forever chemicals, polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South.
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The Georgia carpet industry's long use of PFAS, known as forever chemicals, polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South.
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